Correctional Institutions Division

Laundry, Food and Supply

The Laundry, Food and Supply Department is headquartered in Huntsville. This office includes 18 administrative staff members who oversee more than 330 unit laundry, food and supply programs. This staff is responsible for:

Developing policies and procedures
Auditing and inspecting unit programmatic areas
Training unit staff
Developing unit food and necessity baselines
Developing menu-planning guides
Developing specifications for items used in unit laundries and kitchens
Assisting unit staff to ensure unit programmatic area vacancies are processed and filled in a timely manner
Assisting unit staff in developing specifications and purchasing capital equipment

The unit laundry, food, and supply staff are dual supervised and report to both the Laundry, Food, and Supply Department as well as the warden.

For More Information on Laundry, Food and Supply:

Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Correctional Institutions Division
Ron Hudson
Assistant Director
Laundry, Food and Supply
2503 Lake Road, Suite 6
Huntsville, TX 77320
Phone: (936) 437-8310
Fax: (936) 437-5019
ronald.hudson@tdcj.state.tx.us

Douglas Sparkman
Operations Manager
Laundry, Food and Supply
2503 Lake Road, Suite 6
Huntsville, TX 77320
Phone: (936) 437-8351
Fax: (936) 437-5019
douglas.sparkman@tdcj.state.tx.us

For Information On Laundry, Food and Supply Human Resource Issues And Positions:

Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Carla Coleman
HR Specialist III
2503 Lake Road, Suite 6
Huntsville, TX 77320
Phone: (936) 437-8356
Fax: (936) 437-5019
carla.coleman@tdcj.state.tx.us

Monitoring and Training

The Monitoring and Training section of Laundry, Food and Supply Department is responsible for monitoring the agency's laundry, food and supply programs for compliance with agency and departmental policies and procedures. Monitoring the agency’s programs for compliance is accomplished through audits and inspections of over 330 laundry, food and supply departments.

The Monitoring and Training section is responsible for developing curriculum and training for all laundry, food and supply managers. In addition, food safety and sanitation program training is administered to certify all senior food service managers in the ServSafe program of the National Restaurant Association.

For More Information On Laundry, Food and Supply Monitoring and Training:

Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Correctional Institutions Division
Keith Hopkins
Program Supervisor III
2503 Lake Road, Suite 6
Huntsville, TX 77320
Phone: (936) 437-8350
FAX: (936) 437-5019
stephen.hopkins@tdcj.state.tx.us

Food Service

Unit food service programs provide wholesome and nutritious meals to both offenders and staff. Offenders are allowed to choose from a regular, meat-free, or pork-free meal. In addition, medical diets are also provided. Offender meals are designed to meet dietary guidelines which provide between 2,400-2,700 calories per day.

Unit food service programs are part of the agency’s facility based budget program (FBBP) and unit food managers are responsible for operating the programs within the allocated budget.

Offender workers assigned to unit food service programs are provided training in food production and many find employment in the food service industry once released from TDCJ. Lee College, Alvin Community College, Central Texas College and the Windham School District Culinary Arts Training programs provide classes at the Eastham, Jester IV, Ferguson, and Hilltop units. These training programs are designed to educate the offender work force in food preparation and sanitation. After completing the program, offenders will be certified in Culinary Arts. Offenders must first be recommended for this program by the unit’s Food Service Manager IV. If selected to participate, the offender will be temporarily reassigned to one of the units where the program is offered. After completing the program, the offender will be returned to the offender’s unit of assignment. Some offenders, after completing the culinary classes, are given the opportunity to work at the San Antonio Food Bank for additional culinary training.

For More Information on Food Service:

Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Correctional Institutions Division
Beryl Bailey
Program Supervisor V
2503 Lake Road, Suite 6
Huntsville, TX 77320
Phone: (936) 437-8375
Fax: (936) 437-5019
beryl.bailey@tdcj.state.tx.us

Laundry, Necessities, and Supply

Unit laundry/necessities and supply programs provide all offenders clean, serviceable and climatically suitable clothing, bedding, and footwear. All offenders are provided access to clean clothing at least three times per week with offender workers being provided clean clothing daily. Offenders are provided clean linens at least weekly and footwear, winterwear and mattresses as required. Facility laundries are responsible for assuring offender's clothing and officer’s uniforms are properly laundered and processed.

Unit supply programs are responsible for purchasing, requisitioning, inventorying and managing the majority of items that are needed for daily unit operations. Included are such items as office supplies, furnishings, toilet paper, offender toiletry items, lawn equipment, armory supplies, chemicals, soaps and cleaning supplies. The unit supply officer is also responsible for maintaining the fixed asset inventory for the unit.

Offenders assigned to the laundry or unit supply departments are taught skills that will be useful after release. These skills include warehousing, inventory control, and commercial laundry operations.

The Laundry and supply sections are also a part of the FBBP and must operate within an allocated budget.

For More Information on Laundry/Necessities and Supply:

Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Correctional Institutions Division
Rickey Davis
Program Supervisor V
2503 Lake Road, Suite 6
Huntsville, TX 77320
Phone: (936) 437-8361
Fax: (936) 437-5019
rickey.davis@tdcj.state.tx.us