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TX Systemwide Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
05/24/2023 BP-03.91 (rev. 5) Uniform Inmate Correspondence Rules official document Download File
External Link
06/02/2020 limit of 10 photos per envelope official document
06/02/2020 greeting cards must be from: pigeonly.com, Inkcards, Touchnote.com, Snapfish.com, Shutterfly.com official document
06/02/2020 Letters may not contain perfume, stickers, lipstick, bodily fluid, powdery substances, or artwork using paint, glitter, glue or tape. official document
06/02/2020 Mail received on colored, decorated, cardstock, construction, linen, or cotton paper will be denied official document
04/15/2020 no more greeting cards allowed. official document
11/25/2018 ULK 63 banned official document
10/21/2017 ULK 51 banned experience
10/21/2017 ULK 54 banned experience
10/21/2017 ULK 57 banned experience
10/21/2017 Chican@ Power Book banned (2019 book got in - overturned?) experience
10/21/2017 Defend the Legacy of BPP banned since March 2017 experience
04/18/2016 DRC upheld censorship of ULK 27 on 9/6/2012 official document
02/27/2016 DRC Upheld censorship of ULK 35 on 2/13/2014 official document
02/27/2016 DRC Upheld censorship of ULK 28 on 11/14/2012 official document
02/27/2016 DRC Upheld censorship of ULK 32 on 7/1/2013 official document
02/27/2016 DRC Upheld censorship of ULK 45 on 10/1/15 official document
04/03/2012 Uniform Offender Correspondence Rules (rev. 2) official document Download File
External Link
11/02/2009 Uniform Offender Correspondence Rules (text version) official document Download File
11/02/2009 Uniform Offender Correspondence Rules official document Download File

Allred Unit Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
04/09/2013 No taped books experience
08/24/2015 hard back okay prisoner
07/27/2021 returned ULKs with other addresses on them blacked out will be returned experience

Beto I Unit Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
07/28/2016 hard cover and soft cover okay prisoner

Bill Clements Unit Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
07/23/2012 No metal clasps. Tape OK. experience
03/30/2016 Prisoner may not use stamps to purchase/donate official document

Boyd Unit Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
01/09/2016 can be used, new, or hard cover prisoner

Coffield Unit Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
06/26/2011 No limit on amount of books to send. Can be hard or soft-back. Can be new or used. Include and INVOICE in case books are stolen. prisoner

Darrington Unit Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
09/15/2019 can get hardback or softback official document

Dominguez State Jail Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
01/31/2019 paperpabk only, only allowed to receive 3 books at a time prisoner

Eastham Unit Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
09/06/2015 hard cover is allowed prisoner

El Paso County Jail Annex Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
11/18/2017 no tape, staples, liquid paper, post cards, hardcover books. books only from bookstore or publisher/ministry. no internet/newspaper clippings. official document

Estelle 2 Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
09/11/2016 can have hard back prisoner

Guadalupe County Adult Detention Center Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
02/25/2016 Softback only. prisoner

Harris County Jail Facility Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
09/12/2013 Soft cover, new, 3 at a time, from publisher or bookstore prisoner

Hughes Unit Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
11/02/2009 Department must notify prisoners of disapproval of mail official document
11/25/2018 can get hard cover and used books prisoner

Jefferson County Prison Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
12/10/2014 paperback only prisoner

Matagorda County Jail Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
04/02/2020 no books allowed through mail, family can bring them in prisoner

Michael Unit Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
05/21/2017 can get hardback prisoner

Neal Unit Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
03/09/2015 allowed to have up to 7 books at a time; hard cover, soft cover, and magazines are ok prisoner
08/25/2015 can get up to 10 at a time, hard cover okay prisoner

Robertson Unit Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
01/25/2016 books must be paperback prisoner

Smith Unit Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
06/21/2023 no metal spiral binders prisoner

Stiles Unit Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
01/26/2016 hard back ok prisoner
04/29/2017 can have new, used, hard or soft prisoner

Telford Unit Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
03/20/2013 no spiral bound books prisoner
03/19/2017 hardback okay prisoner
04/11/2020 no cards or colored paper prisoner

Thomas R. Havins Unit Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
02/22/2017 no spiral binding (plastic) experience

Torres Unit Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
01/15/2013 Books only from publisher prisoner