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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

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

Holliday Unit Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
04/04/2024 hardcover books ok 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

Memorial Unit Rules

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

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

Travis County Jail Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
04/23/2024 lit must be sent by publisher or distributor like Amazon, no hard cover, no oversized, no spirals, no bindings, no staples, no paper clips, internet print outs limited to 25 pages prisoner