There are currently 41 units on precautionary lockdown. The Robertson and Middleton units in Abilene will no longer be accepting inmates from any county jail -- including Taylor County. There are currently 4700 active positive cases of the virus among inmates, and 500 active positive cases among staff. Thread Tools: Display Modes #1 04-09 … “They were shipping all the masks to all units.” But much of TDCJ’s containment focus has been on locking down exposed prisons. For those of you who have pals etc in TDCJ, would you say that they have more lockdowns than other states (if you write to others), and do you think that the number they have had over the past year have been more, less or about the same as before?

Hubby has asked me to find something out for him. 24 mins ago . Three employees have tested positive at the Beto Unit. The C.O.s are the people who actually search or perform a Shakedown. According to TDCJ, as of April 8, any facility with a confirmed positive offender or employee is placed on lockdown.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is reporting that 54 percent of its units have active COVID-19 cases. Three area prison units remain on lockdown due to COVID-19 Staff.

I’ve been to Telford Unit a number of times. Grits had earlier discussed how COVID lockdowns at TDCJ were keeping inmates from communicating with their families. According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), the Clements Unit in Amarillo and the Jordan Unit in Pampa are on that precautionary lockdown. Photo credit: Sergio Flores for The Texas Tribune Password: Register: Entertainment: FAQ: Calendar: Mark Forums Read : Texas Covid -19 (Corona Virus) Please use this forum to share information concerning Covid -19 in Texas, including institutions affected and lock downs. Four TDCJ employees are positive for Covid-19. Local units placed on lockdown include the Ellis, Estelle, Goree, Holliday and Wynne units. The 38-year-old is not a correctional officer, but did have possible contact with others. Among the prisons on lockdown, the Jordan Unit reported 993 inmates in medical restriction as of Tuesday. A Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) unit staff member at the Holliday Unit in Huntsville notified the agency today of a positive test for COVID-19.

Coleman, a 20-year TDCJ veteran last worked Sunday at the Middleton Unit in Abilene. At least 2 times a year, lockdown takes place for all TDCJ units to be searched or what is referred to as Shakedown in which everyone’s property is gone through who is a prisoner, their living quarters, and all departments of a unit like the kitchen, commissary, laundry, rec yards, medical, etc. The Beto Unit is on lockdown. The number of persons recovered and medically cleared is 1500 inmates and 470 staff.

44 units are currently on precautionary lockdown, with over 25,000 on medical restriction, … At least 2 times a year, lockdown takes place for all TDCJ units to be searched or what is referred to as Shakedown in which everyone’s property is gone through who is a prisoner, their living quarters, and all departments of a unit like the kitchen, commissary, laundry, rec yards, medical, etc. TDCJ lockdowns . On Day 86 of TDCJ Covid-19 response, @66,000 inmates and 21,000 staff persons have been tested for Covid-19. Reports … Apparently phone access has been restored for these units. Texas units on lockdown from Covid19 User Name: Remember Me? TDCJ has posted this on the COVID FAQ page on their website: The Offender Telephone System (OTS) is now operating 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

More than 40,000 inmates at 40 Texas prisons, including the Huntsville Unit, have been put on lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Clements Unit … AUSTIN (KAMR/KCIT) — Fifteen prisons in Texas are on precautionary lockdown due to a positive offender or employee COVID-19 test, and two of those are here on the High Plains. TDCJ has documented 5,917 total positive cases and had 4,173 active cases as of May 30. I'd appreciate the name of the units, unless you'd rather not say. Texas Department of Criminal Justice | PO Box 99 | Huntsville, Texas 77342-0099 | (936) 295-6371 The Beto Unit is on lockdown. TDCJ had already ordered a lockdown for all inmates in medical restriction and medical isolation, but the lockdown was expanded for the Jordan, Murray and Beto units. TDCJ Coronavirus Updates As Units Lockdown… An inmate at Telford Unit has died. Sharpton sets DC march for anniversary of MLK speech. Please do not discuss individuals who have the virus. Sadly with cases on the rise at several Units in Texas, there has also been a death of a TDCJ employee as well. The agency is now conducting a full contact investigation. A men’s prison in Pampa, the unit’s maximum capacity is 1,008, according to TDCJ…