William P. Clemens Unit

Weekend visitation at William P. Clemens Unit runs Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call ahead to confirm before you travel—schedules can change. Regular in-person visits last two hours, starting when both the inmate and visitors are present. How often you can visit depends on eligibility and custody level. Typically, eligible inmates get one visit per week, though some custody groups have different allowances. Most non-legal visits may be electronically monitored. During contact visits, you can embrace and kiss once at the start and once at the end. Hand-holding is allowed only on top of the table where staff can see. Remote kiosk video visits are scheduled through the vendor website and limited to one 60-minute session per month; ID and contraband rules still apply.

Tablet video visitation sessions at William P. Clemens Unit are scheduled online through TDCJ's visitation portal (https://visitation.tdcj.texas.gov/Visitation/). Texas facilities typically offer phone calls, remote video visits, electronic messaging, and inmate tablets through the Inmate Technology program and approved third-party vendors—but what's available and what it costs varies by unit. You'll need to register your phone number with the state's system, create vendor accounts for payments, and use the agency or vendor portals to schedule and confirm video or tablet sessions.

Since September 6, 2023, TDCJ routes most personal mail for William P. Clemens Unit inmates through a centralized digital mail platform. Letters are sorted, scanned, and uploaded to the inmate's electronic account. Address mail with the inmate's full name and TDCJ number: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Inmate's Full First and Last Name + TDCJ Number, PO Box 660400, Dallas, TX 75266-0400. Legal/privileged mail, media mail, and subscriptions from verified publishers are exceptions—send those directly to the unit. All general correspondence gets inspected and can be rejected if it violates correspondence rules. Inmates must file an I-60 with Unit Records to list approved correspondents. Don't send contraband: cash, drugs, weapons, tobacco, loose stamps, or electronic devices.

William P. Clemens Unit limits trust fund deposits to approved senders only. Since September 1, 2020, you can deposit money only if you're on the inmate's Approved Visitation List or Inmate Telephone List. Using eCommDirect or a similar vendor option? You still need to be an approved sender, which means being on one of those lists and registering your phone with Securus. Cash and personal checks aren't accepted—they'll be returned. Mailing a money order or cashier's check? Include the deposit slip the inmate provides. Don't send trust fund deposits to the facility address, and don't mix personal mail with trust fund items. Trust Fund staff can confirm whether a deposit was received, but they won't share balances or transaction details with anyone except the inmate.