How to Visit Hodge Unit, TX (TX)

You'll need your own TDCJ Online Visitation Scheduler account to set up a visit. Staff can't create one for you, so plan on handling that yourself. When you request a visit, you'll also submit a relationship request through the scheduler. That request goes to the incarcerated person's unit of assignment (in this case, the Hodge Unit), where staff verify the visitor-inmate relationship before you can move forward.

Bring photo ID to check in. TDCJ requires an accepted photo identification type, so double-check that the ID you plan to use matches what TDCJ lists as acceptable before you head out.

Traveling a long distance? Ask about an extended visit. At the warden's discretion, visitors traveling more than 250 miles one way may be granted up to four hours. Remote video visits by kiosk may also be available on top of regular visits. These are scheduled through the vendor and may occur once per month for up to 60 minutes.

1. Create your TDCJ Online Visitation Scheduler account. You must set up your own account, TDCJ staff cannot create it for you.
2. Submit your relationship request in the scheduler. Once you send it, the request is routed to the inmate’s unit of assignment for staff to verify your relationship before you can visit.

1. Call the Hodge Unit before you leave. Confirm the current unit visitation schedule.
2. Ask if visitation is running as normal. Visits can be temporarily restricted or canceled due to security issues, rule violations, lockdowns, escapes, disturbances, or a health or safety emergency.

• ✓ Photo identification that TDCJ accepts for visitation check-in

1. If you are traveling more than 250 miles one way, ask about an extended visit. Extended visits are not automatic, they are allowed at the warden’s discretion, and they may be up to four hours.
2. If you want a remote video visit, schedule through the kiosk vendor. Remote video visits are in addition to in-person visits for eligible inmates, and they may happen once per month for up to 60 minutes.

Before you build plans around a visit, confirm your Online Visitation Scheduler account is set up and usable. If you've already submitted a relationship request, check on the status. Staff at the inmate's unit of assignment handle verification, and it can take time.

• ✓ The current Hodge Unit visitation schedule
• ✓ Whether visitation has been canceled
• ✓ Whether visitation is temporarily restricted due to security concerns, rule violations, a lockdown, an escape, a disturbance, or a health or safety emergency

• ✓ Which photo IDs TDCJ accepts for visitation check-in
• ✓ Whether you qualify to request an extended visit (more than 250 miles one way) and how the unit handles warden-discretion approvals
• ✓ Whether remote video kiosk visits are available for your situation and how scheduling works through the vendor (including the once-per-month, up-to-60-minute limit)