How to send messages, photos, and packages
To receive phone calls from someone at Fort Stockton Unit, register your phone at texasprisonphone.com. You'll need the inmate's TDCJ ID number to complete registration. Don't know the TDCJ number? Look it up through the state's online offender search or call (936) 295-6371 or (800) 535-0283. Texas correctional communications—phone calls, video visits, electronic messaging, and tablets—run through the Inmate Technology program and third-party vendors. Exact services vary by unit. Phone registration means creating an account with the approved vendor and funding it using their available payment options.
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Sending a letter or photos to someone at Fort Stockton Unit? The biggest change is where you mail it. TDCJ now routes most personal mail through a central Digital Mail Processing Center, which scans everything and delivers it digitally to the inmate's tablet.
Register your telephone at texasprisonphone.com. You’ll need the inmate’s TDCJ ID number to complete the phone registration.
Use the state’s online offender search to look up the TDCJ number, or call (936) 295-6371 or (800) 535-0283 for help getting it.
No. Texas provides communication services through the Inmate Technology program and third-party vendors, and what’s available can vary by unit. Check Fort Stockton Unit details for the most accurate list of services.
Send personal mail to the Digital Mail Processing Center at: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Inmate’s Full First and Last Name + TDCJ Number, PO Box 660400, Dallas, TX 75266-0400. Put the inmate’s full name and TDCJ number on every item.
Yes. Legal mail, media mail, and books or magazines from verified publishers are exceptions to the digital mail processor and must be sent directly to the unit. Legal mail is handled separately under the facility’s legal-mail procedures.
If the inmate doesn’t have a tablet, the unit provides black-and-white printed copies of correspondence that was scanned through the digital mail system. Those printed pages are delivered in place of an electronic upload.
Sending commissary-style items to someone at the Fort Stockton Unit is straightforward once you understand the program rules, timing, and fees.
Planning a visit to Fort Stockton Unit gets easier once you understand how TDCJ's "visiting cycles" work. Here's the schedule framework families use to plan weekend trips, plus what you should know about regular, remote video, and extended visits.
Visiting at Fort Stockton Unit happens mostly on weekends — but understanding the "visiting cycle" rules matters just as much as knowing the hours. Here's how to plan your travel around the schedule so you don't waste a trip.
