Correctional Institutions Division

Nathaniel Quarterman Director		MISSION STATEMENT   The mission of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Institutions Division is to provide safe and appropriate confinement, supervision, rehabilitation and reintegration of adult felons, and to effectively manage or administer correctional facilities based on constitutional and statutory standards. We work with communities to improve public safety by providing effective interventions through a safe, secure, and positive environment that empowers individuals to achieve life-long success. We protect the interests of the state of Texas when contracting with outside vendors and representatives through effective management, monitoring, and on-going communication between the Agency and its contracted representatives.

Division Overview

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice created the Correctional Institutions (CI) Division in September of 2003 through a merger of the Institutional Division, Operations Division, Private Facilities Division and the State Jail Division.

The Correctional Institutions Division (CID) is responsible for the confinement of adult felony and State Jail felony offenders who are sentenced to prison. The Division oversees state prisons, pre-release facilities, psychiatric facilities, Mentally Retarded Offender Program, medical facilities, transfer facilities, state jails, and substance abuse facilities (SAFPF). There are expansion cellblocks, medical facilities, boot camps, a work camp co-located within several of the facilities mentioned above. The Division is also responsible for support operations such as Classification and Records, Correctional Training and Staff Development, Offender Transportation, and Laundry, Food, and Supply. There were approximately 15,000 offenders in privately operated facilities during FY 2006. Effective June 15, 2007, the private operated facilities were separated from the CID to commence as its own division.

The first Texas prison, the Huntsville “Walls” Unit, was constructed in 1849 and opened with three inmates. Today, facilities operated by the CID vary in the number and types of offenders housed, physical design, and services provided. All of the facilities operated by the CID are secure facilities, with perimeter fences, equipment, and appropriate staffing to ensure public safety. All units are managed with staff and offender safety as a priority.

Functional areas of the Correctional Institutions Division include:

• Prisons and Jail Operations
• Management Operations
  • STGMO/GRAD
• Support Operations
• Office of CID Ombudsman
• Organizational Chart
• Prison Deterrence Education Programs

Offender Information

• General Offender Information Only (general information - location/convictions/projected release date)
• Parole Inquiries/Problems
• Offender-related Inquiries/Problems
• Frequently Asked Questions

For More Information

Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Correctional Institutions Division
P.O. Box 99
Huntsville, Texas 77342
Phone: (936) 437-2169
Fax: (936) 437-6325

March 17, 2009