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"Searches

In an effort to increase staff and offender safety, the following procedures will be implemented:

Certified narcotic canines will be used strategically to detect narcotics and synthetic marijuana on visitors entering facilities. Searches on staff have already been implemented.

The individual the canine alerts on will not be allowed to visit any offender that visitation cycle (visitation cycle – that weekend). If a certified narcotic canine alerts on a child visitor, all adult visitors accompanying the child will not be allowed to visit any offender that visitation cycle.

Incidents of alerts will be documented. A second alert, regardless of the time frame for an individual, will result in removal from any offender’s visitation list. "

Hi Mathew

Yes it is normal for inmates to take a while to show up on the TDCJ locator. The intake process can take up to 3 months as you've been told, they have to undergo a number of tests and part of it is getting used to how slow and inefficient TDCJ can be!


You wont be able to call your inmate until you know their TDCJ number. Once you have that, you will need to register your phone with the TDCJ phone service  and all the details are here: http://www.tdcj.texas.gov/offender_telephone/index.html

Hello.
It depends on the intake process for visitation to begin.  It it typically 30 days, but I do know it can take longer.  My son took 90 days, as did several others.  Know of others that took 45-60.  Count on 90 and anything you get better, it is a blessing!

You can put money on his books or send him commissary by using the ecomm system.  It costs $3.75; cheaper than most other services.  Sending a care package is always a nice surprise, too.

https://tdcj-ecommdirect.portal.texas.gov/
They do close at 8:30pm-4am.

Hope that helps!
Cheri