Contact an Inmate at Garza West Unit, TX

The Mailing Address

A letter to someone at Garza West does not go to Beeville. It goes to the scanning center in Dallas:

Texas Department of Criminal Justice
[Full Commitment Name] [TDCJ Number]
PO Box 660400
Dallas, TX 75266-0400

Use his commitment name, the full legal name TDCJ has on file, along with his TDCJ number. TDCJ requires both, and mail missing either one is returned to the sender. Put your own full name and return address on the outside too, or rejected mail has nowhere to go back to.

Why This Helps at an Intake Unit

Garza West takes in newly sentenced men, processes them, and sends them on to a permanent unit. Because personal mail runs through one central address keyed to his TDCJ number, you do not have to relearn an address every time he moves. Confirm his current unit with the TDCJ Inmate Search anyway, since visits and packages do depend on where he is.

What Still Goes to the Unit

Some mail never touches Dallas. Send these to Beeville:

[Full Commitment Name] [TDCJ Number]
Garza West Unit
4250 Highway 202
Beeville, TX 78102

TDCJ accepts these at the unit by regular and certified U.S. mail:

• Legal mail, special mail, and media correspondence
• Publications sent directly from an authorized source, such as a publisher or a bookseller
• Business correspondence from organizations, businesses, and agencies
• Checks from veterans benefits, Social Security, or disability

A document that needs his signature goes to the unit law library instead, addressed to his commitment name and TDCJ number, then “c/o Law Library” above the unit address. Include a stamped, addressed envelope so the signed original can be mailed back to you.

What You Can Send

Standard letters and cards. Handwritten or printed on regular paper. Store cards are fine as long as they have no glitter, attachments, pop-ups, or embedded items.

Photos. Physical photos go to Dallas with your letter and are scanned there. TDCJ does not publish a size limit for them.

Books and publications. Paperback books and approved publications may be sent directly from the publisher or a retailer, not from home, and they go to the unit rather than to Dallas.

What Gets Rejected or Destroyed

• Glitter, stickers, wax seals
• Perfume or scented spray
• Staples or paper clips
• Cash or gift cards
• Sexually explicit material
• An altered photo, or one that hides a face so the person cannot be identified
• Content with threats, gang material, or anything that could set off violence
• C.O.D. mail, which inmates can neither send nor receive

What Happens to the Paper You Mailed

The scanning center holds your original letter or photos for 90 calendar days, then destroys them. He keeps the scan, not the paper. If you want the originals back, put a self-addressed stamped envelope inside.

Do Not Put Money in the Envelope

TDCJ tells families not to send cash, stamps, or personal items to the unit or to the Inmate Trust Fund. A deposit goes through an approved vendor or a money order mailed to the Inmate Trust Fund lockbox in Huntsville. See the send money guide for the full process.

Photos the Easy Way

If you are not sure your home printer meets TDCJ specs, Pigeonly prints and mails photos to the address TDCJ requires for Garza West.