Locate Glen Ray Goodman Unit Inmates

Glen Ray Goodman Unit Overview

Glen Ray Goodman Unit is run by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division. TDCJ lists it as a Prison and Intermediate Sanction Facility, often shortened to ISF. The official unit page places it in Jasper County on Highway 190, about three miles east of the Highway 96 intersection. Its public address is 349 Private Road 8430, Jasper, Texas 75951, and the unit phone number is (409) 383-0012.

Goodman Unit is a state prison facility for male inmates. TDCJ lists custody levels G1, G2, and Substance Abuse, with intermediate sanction programming, and the current official unit page names Tammie Mitchell as Senior Warden. That mix is different from Jasper County Jail, which handles arrests, pretrial custody, local sentences, and county holds. A person may pass through county jail after arrest, then later show in TDCJ records if sentenced, sanctioned, returned, or assigned to a state custody program. Search results for Goodman should therefore be read as state custody records, not sheriff booking records.

Goodman Unit Capacity

TDCJ lists Goodman Unit with a capacity of 204. The official unit page inspected for the Jasper County research did not publish a live current unit population, so the safer figure for this page is capacity, custody level, and program type. Do not compare the 204-capacity Goodman Unit figure with the TCJS county jail population as if they were one system. The county jail is reported to TCJS, while Goodman is part of the statewide TDCJ prison and intermediate sanction network.

The TDCJ page also gives facility details that help define the unit. Goodman has been ACA accredited since January 2005 and was established or placed online in July 1995. The official page lists approximately 494 acres, 155 total employees, 109 security employees, 30 non-security employees, 8 Windham education employees, 8 medical contract employees, and no mental-health contract employees listed in the inspected staffing table.

Goodman Unit Inmate Lookup

Lookup for Goodman is through the TDCJ Inmate Search, not the Jasper County Jail phone line or sheriff records contact. TDCJ says the online search is offered for public convenience and safety, is updated on working days only, and can be at least 24 hours old. That delay matters when a person has just transferred from county jail, moved between TDCJ units, or is close to a scheduled release.

A TDCJ profile can show SID number, TDCJ number, name, race, gender, age, maximum sentence date, current facility, projected release date, parole eligibility date, visitation eligibility, scheduled release details when present, parole review information, and offense history. Before traveling to Goodman Unit, confirm the inmate is assigned there and that the person is eligible for visits. TDCJ specifically tells inmate relatives to call the unit before traveling to pick up an inmate.

1. Open the TDCJ Inmate Search and search by last name, first name, TDCJ number, or SID number.
2. Use gender or race only as a narrowing field, not as the only way to identify the person.
3. Open the profile and check the current facility field for Glen Ray Goodman Unit or its TDCJ unit reference.
4. Review release, parole, offense, and visitation fields, then call Goodman Unit before making travel or visit plans.

Goodman Unit Search Fields

The TDCJ locator is built for state custody searches. It is strongest when the searcher has a TDCJ number or SID number, but name searches can also work when the name is spelled correctly. A person recently arrested in Jasper County may not appear in TDCJ until there is a state custody assignment. For new arrests, start with Jasper County Jail instead.

Goodman Unit Visitation

Goodman Unit uses TDCJ prison visitation rules. That means the visitor must confirm the inmate is assigned to the unit, confirm approved visitor status, verify the unit schedule, bring photo identification, follow clothing and search rules, and avoid prohibited items. TDCJ also states that no cell phones are allowed inside the secure perimeter and that visitors should not bring cash except coins not more than $35.

Use the TDCJ unit visitation schedule portal before travel because schedules can vary by unit, holiday, status, custody, staffing, and inmate eligibility. TDCJ's general visitation materials also state that each inmate is allowed one visit per weekend. A person can be listed at Goodman yet still be temporarily ineligible for visits, subject to status limits, or moved before the visit date.

Goodman Unit Money

Goodman Unit money and commissary are handled through TDCJ systems, not Jasper County JailATM. TDCJ points families to eCommDirect for eligible commissary and inmate-trust purchases. The statewide prison process should be used only after confirming the person's TDCJ identity and current unit assignment. A person held at Jasper County Jail uses county jail deposit and communication channels instead.

Mail and phone rules for TDCJ custody are different from a county jail's local visitation policy. Use the inmate's full name and TDCJ number when a prison system requires it, and verify current TDCJ mail instructions before sending items. TDCJ units may reject mail that fails formatting, content, property, or security rules. The research for Jasper County did not identify a Goodman-specific local commissary fee schedule separate from TDCJ's statewide process.

Goodman Unit Intake

Goodman Unit does not handle street-arrest booking for Jasper County. New arrests go to a county jail or other local booking agency first. TDCJ custody begins after sentencing, transfer, sanction, return, or assignment into a state correctional program. When a person moves from a county jail to TDCJ, the public search path shifts from jail custody channels to TDCJ identifiers, state facility assignment, sentence data, projected release dates, parole dates, and visitation eligibility.

An intermediate sanction facility has a different role from a standard county jail. It can hold people assigned through TDCJ authority for sanction or substance-abuse programming rather than a fresh booking from a local arrest scene. That is why Goodman must not be described as the Jasper County Jail. The correct question is whether the person is in TDCJ custody and currently assigned to Goodman, not whether the sheriff has a local booking roster record.

TDCJ

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the statewide agency for Texas prison and related correctional custody.

ISF

Intermediate Sanction Facility, a custody setting used for certain sanction or program assignments.

SID

State identification number, often used to connect Texas criminal justice records across systems.

Goodman Unit Programs

TDCJ lists more program detail for Goodman Unit than the county publishes for the jail. Official operations include contract grazing, hay production, security horses, a unit garden, unit maintenance, ambulatory medical and dental services, digital medical services, electronic specialty clinics, and UTMB-managed medical care. Those services describe a prison and intermediate sanction facility with ongoing unit operations, not a short-stay county booking center.

Education and reentry-related programs listed by TDCJ include the Intermediate Sanction Facility program, literacy and adult basic education, GED, CHANGES or pre-release programming, Cognitive Intervention, Business Computer Information Systems II, a faith-based dormitory, adult education when available, chaplaincy, GO KIDS, community work projects for city agencies and Texas Parks and Wildlife, and volunteer work in literacy, substance abuse education, life skills, support groups, and religious or faith-based services.