TDCJ

What TDCJ makes

Topics criminal-justice, offender-reintegration, public-safety, victim-assistance, Texas

For more than 36,000 dedicated public servants, our mission is to provide public safety, promote positive change in offender behavior, reintegrate offenders into society and assist victims of crime. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is the Lone Star State’s largest state agency and manages more than 146,000 offenders in state prisons, state jails and private correctional facilities that contract with the TDCJ. The agency also provides funding and certain oversight of community supervision and is responsible for the supervision of offenders released from prison on parole or mandatory supervision. AUSTIN Physical Address: 209 West 14th Street Austin, TX 78701 (512) 463-9988 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 13084 - Capitol Station Austin, TX 78711-3084 HUNTSVILLE Physical Address: 861-B I-45 N Huntsville, TX 77320 (936) 295-6371 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 99 Huntsville, TX 77342-0099

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