Information for Families

Offender Information
How to obtain offender information

Offender Search
Locate a TDCJ offender

Offender Telephone System
The Offender Telephone System (OTS) allows eligible offenders to make paid telephone calls to friends and family listed on the offender's Visitor List

Unit Directory
Find a TDCJ unit

General Information Guide for Families of Offenders
Explains the intake process and provides a brief description of the offender program areas within TDCJ

Offender Orientation Handbook
Handbook designed to provide the TDCJ offender population with general information and a standard of acceptable conduct

Definitions & Acronyms
Lists common terms and acronyms and their meanings

Frequently Asked Questions
Lists common questions and their answers

Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
Information on the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles

Rehabilitation Programs Division
A team of professionals skilled in developing and providing rehabilitation and reentry programs that facilitate positive change in the lives of offenders

Reentry and Integration Division
Information on Reentry and Integration

GO KIDS
Giving Offenders' Kids Incentive and Direction to Succeed

eCommDirect Offender Commissary Purchases
Where friends and family may purchase commissary items for eligible offenders