How to Visit Garza East Unit (TX)
Visiting at Garza East Unit follows TDCJ's visitation rules and requires the TDCJ Online Visitation Scheduler. Two things matter most: you need to set up your own scheduler account ahead of time, and regular contact visits are timed as a two-hour window that only starts once both you and the incarcerated person are present.
You'll need to create your own TDCJ Online Visitation Scheduler account before visiting. TDCJ staff can't set one up for you, so don't wait until the last minute or assume the unit can handle it at the front desk.
Regular contact visits last two hours, but that clock doesn't start until both you and the incarcerated person are present. Give yourself extra time for travel and check-in so you don't lose visiting time to delays.
Note: This guide doesn't include Garza East Unit's current visiting hours, ID requirements, dress code, visitor limits, scheduling windows, or what you can bring inside. Confirm those details through official TDCJ resources before you travel.
Steps to Follow
- ✓ Create your TDCJ Online Visitation Scheduler account yourself (TDCJ staff cannot create an account for you).
- ✓ Plan for a two-hour regular contact visit, and arrive with enough time so the visit can start once you and the incarcerated person are both present.
Set up your account well before your visit day. Since the two-hour clock only starts when both you and the incarcerated person are present, any delays at check-in cut into your actual time together.
- Confirm the scheduler account process - Use the official TDCJ Online Visitation Scheduler guidance to make sure the account-creation rules are the same, since staff still cannot create the account for you.
- Ask how the two-hour period is applied at the unit - Verify with official TDCJ visitation information (and the unit, if needed) that a regular contact visit is timed as two hours starting when both you and the incarcerated person are present, and ask whether anything changes that timing.
Reminder: Before you go, double-check the basics that can stop a visit: acceptable IDs, dress code, allowed property, visitor limits (including children), and any current security or health-related restrictions.
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