Hughes is the only men's prison in Gatesville, so a result naming the city alone has not confirmed the unit yet. Search by name to confirm he is at Hughes and start sending letters, photos, and money.
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TDCJ’s locator returns the unit a person is assigned to, and that is the field to read. Gatesville has six TDCJ prisons and Hughes is the only one that holds men, so if you are looking for a man and the record points to Gatesville, Hughes is the unit. Take it from the result rather than working it out from the city.
The locator returns his TDCJ number, his current unit, and basic record information. That number is worth more than the unit name for everything that comes next. Mail keys to it, deposits key to it, and phone registration keys to it. It follows him if he transfers. The unit does not.
That is usually timing, not an error. Records are created as people move through intake, so someone recently sentenced can take several days to surface. Check again over the following days before assuming something has gone wrong. If he still does not appear, call Hughes on (254) 865-6663.
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Use TDCJ's statewide Inmate Search at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov and search by name, then read the unit name in the result. Hughes is the only men's prison in Gatesville, so a man whose record points to that city is at Hughes.
Inmate SearchIf the person is a man, yes. Hughes is the only men's prison in Gatesville, and the other TDCJ prisons there hold women. The locator names the unit directly, so you do not have to infer it from the city.
Inmate SearchThe person's TDCJ number, their current unit of assignment, and basic record information. The TDCJ number is the part you will use most, because mail, deposits and phone registration all key to that number, not to the facility.
Inmate SearchThe record has to be created before the locator can return it, and people move through intake before reaching a unit like Hughes. Check again over the next several days instead of assuming the search is broken.
Inmate SearchThe locator. It reflects the current assignment, and people transfer. Court paperwork, older letters and directory sites all go stale. His TDCJ number does not change when he moves, so use that to follow him.
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