Thomas Goree Unit Inmate Search

Goree Unit Inmate Records

TDCJ's Goree Unit page lists Thomas Goree Unit as a Correctional Institutions Division prison four miles south of downtown Huntsville on Highway 75 South in Walker County. The unit came online in 1907, which makes it one of the older prison facilities named in the Walker County research. Goree is a state-prison unit for male TDCJ inmates. It is not a county jail, city jail, federal prison, or ICE detention center.

TDCJ lists Goree custody levels as G1 through G3, Administrative Segregation, Outside Trusty, and Transient. The research also notes approximate acreage of 717 and an agricultural operation identified as the Horse Breeding Program. Medical staffing in the captured TDCJ block lists Medical = 13 and Mental Health = 0. Those details are unit operations facts, not a public roster. For a named inmate, the correct source remains the statewide TDCJ lookup system.

Goree should be separated from Walker County Jail in every custody search. A recent arrest, bond setting, or pretrial hold belongs first in the county jail and court-record channels. Goree becomes relevant when a person has moved into TDCJ custody or when the TDCJ locator shows Goree as the current unit.

Goree Unit Capacity

Section 15 reports Thomas Goree Unit capacity from the TDCJ unit page. Capacity is a facility measure, not a real-time public inmate count. Still, it gives useful Walker County context. The county has a relatively small local jail compared with the listed state-prison capacity spread across Byrd, Ellis, Estelle, Goree, Holliday, Huntsville, and Wynne. Goree is part of that state-prison population base.

The Walker County Jail TCJS capacity figure in the research is 268, while the combined TDCJ listed capacity in Walker County facilities is 14,435. Goree's capacity is one piece of that larger state-prison footprint. When searchers use the phrase Walker County inmate population, they may mean local jail detainees, but Goree records are state-prison records.

Find Goree Unit Inmates

Use the TDCJ Inmate Search to find a person assigned to Goree. TDCJ lookup information can include location, offenses, projected release date, SID number, TDCJ number, and name. The TDCJ inmate information hub also describes email and telephone channels. The research says email requests should include the full name and seven-digit TDCJ number, or date of birth, approximate age, and county of conviction when the TDCJ number is unknown.

1. Open TDCJ Inmate Search for state-prison custody.
2. Search by name, TDCJ number, or SID number.
3. Confirm that the location field names Goree before using Goree contact details.
4. Use TDCJ IVSS for offender details and notification subscription.

Goree Unit Contact

Use Goree's contact details after confirming current placement through TDCJ. A person can move within TDCJ for custody, medical, program, disciplinary, or bed-space reasons, so an older record or family report should be checked against the current state locator.

Goree Unit Visitation

Goree visitation follows TDCJ state-prison rules. It does not follow Walker County Jail's NCIC off-site and on-site visit schedule. The research did not provide Goree-specific visit days, hours, visit length, identification rules, dress-code text, or fees. That means visitors should verify current TDCJ procedures and confirm the inmate's location shortly before travel.

Note: Goree's custody and transient categories make current TDCJ confirmation more reliable than old notes or saved search results.

Goree Unit Mail and Money

Use TDCJ procedures for Goree mail, phone access, and money deposits. Do not send Goree mail to the Walker County Jail mail processor and do not use county jail money-order wording for a Goree inmate. The research did not capture a Goree-specific deposit fee table, call rate, or commissary fee schedule. Only TDCJ-approved current procedures should be used.

Goree Unit Operations

Goree's page-specific operations are narrower than Ellis or Estelle but still distinct. The research identifies an agricultural Horse Breeding Program and 717 approximate acres. The unit's custody levels run from G1 through G3, plus Administrative Segregation, Outside Trusty, and Transient. Those categories can affect housing, work, movement, and visit access. They also help explain why a TDCJ location is only one part of an inmate record.

Goree is also connected to the 2024 Estelle ER context. TDCJ's Estelle article says the Estelle emergency department serves inmates from several units, including Goree. That does not make Goree a medical unit, but it does show how Walker County's prison units share regional TDCJ medical infrastructure. If a family member hears that a Goree inmate received medical care elsewhere, the location field should be rechecked with TDCJ before mail, travel, or phone planning.

The unit's older history and agricultural function can make Goree show up in searches about Huntsville prisons even when the real task is a current inmate search. For current custody, the age of the unit, the horse program, and the acreage do not answer whether a person is housed there today. The public should rely on TDCJ location data first, then use Goree contact information only after the state system points to this unit.

Federal and immigration locators are different systems. The research found no BOP prison or ICE detention facility in Walker County official sources. If a case involves a federal warrant or immigration transfer, use the federal or ICE locator described in the county research instead of assuming that Goree will show the person. Goree records should stay tied to confirmed TDCJ custody, not to every arrest or hold in Walker County.