Telford's TDCJ unit code is TO, while TL belongs to the Polunsky Unit, a different prison entirely. Search by name to confirm which one he is in and start sending letters, photos, and money.
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The most common problem here is not the search, it is the unit code. TO is Telford and TL is Polunsky, and those two letters sit next to each other on plenty of reference pages. If you started from a printout, a forwarded link, or a third-party site rather than the locator itself, you may be checking the wrong prison entirely.
If the result names a unit you did not expect, take the locator at its word rather than the paperwork you started from. Telford holds around 2,451 people, so a common surname can return several matches and the TDCJ number is what separates them. To reach the unit, call (903) 628-3171.
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Use TDCJ's statewide Inmate Search at inmate.tdcj.texas.gov, then check the unit code in the result before anything else. TO is Telford. TL is the Polunsky Unit, a different prison, and that single letter is what sends families to the wrong facility.
Inmate SearchNo. Telford's TDCJ unit code is TO. TL is Polunsky, a separate prison. Any information you are holding that was built on the TL code belongs to the wrong facility.
Inmate SearchG1 through G5, plus Security Detention and Safekeeping. That is an unusually wide spread for one site, so the custody level shown in a search result tells you less about Telford than it would at a unit with a narrow band. Here is what each custody level means.
Inmate SearchTDCJ does not apply that label to Telford. It lists the custody levels a unit houses rather than assigning the unit a security grade, and Telford houses G1 through G5 plus Security Detention and Safekeeping.
Inmate SearchTreat the locator result as the current answer. Transfers happen without notice to the family, and the record updates when the move is processed. Confirm the new unit's own address and phone before you send anything, since those are different at every facility.
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