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T. L. Roach Unit Overview

The T. L. Roach Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Institutions Division prison at 15845 FM 164, Childress, TX 79201. TDCJ places it two miles southwest of Highway 287 on FM 164. It is a state prison, not the Childress County Jail. The official TDCJ unit page lists the senior warden as John Vickery, Region V, regional director Bryan Williams, and an August 1991 online date. The unit has been ACA accredited since August 2002.

Roach holds male sentenced TDCJ prisoners. It has capacity 1,384 and custody levels G1, G2, and G4. The research did not locate a current actual population figure for Roach Unit. A Childress County arrestee may later enter TDCJ after conviction and sentencing, but a new jail booking is searched through the county custody route, not the Roach page.

T. L. Roach Unit Contact

Use the unit phone for assignment, visitation, and travel confirmation. TDCJ specifically tells visitors to confirm the inmate is assigned to the unit, confirm visitation is not canceled, and verify approved visitor status before travel. The statewide locator may lag, so calling the unit before a trip is a practical step.

The official unit page also gives a local geography note: Roach is two miles southwest of Highway 287 on FM 164. Use that source for facility location context, but use the TDCJ visitation pages for rules before travel. A state-prison visit requires the state approval and schedule process, which is different from calling a county jail lobby.

Mail, money, and family-contact questions should be confirmed through TDCJ materials before anything is sent. Unit rules control those steps.

Search T. L. Roach Unit Records

Use the TDCJ Inmate Information Search for Roach Unit prisoners. TDCJ says the online service is for convenience and public safety, that information is believed accurate but not warranted, and that the website is updated on working days only with data at least 24 hours old. TDCJ relatives should call the unit before going to pick up an inmate.

The screenshot below shows the official TDCJ inmate search page. The TDCJ locator is the correct search tool for sentenced Texas prisoners assigned to Roach Unit.

The locator is not a county jail roster and should not be used for fresh Childress County booking status.

T. L. Roach Unit Details

The official TDCJ unit page provides the strongest Roach-specific facts. It lists capacity, custody levels, employees, operations, medical capabilities, education, programs, and local work projects. The TDCJ Roach Unit page is the primary source for these facility details.

Use the official unit page for facility facts, and use the TDCJ locator for a named inmate search.

T. L. Roach Unit Visitation

TDCJ visitation rules apply to Roach Unit. Visitors should confirm the inmate assignment, check for cancellation, verify approval status, bring photo identification, check dress code, and avoid prohibited items. TDCJ says no cell phones are allowed inside the secure perimeter and visitors should not bring cash except coins, not more than $35. Special visits and accommodations should be arranged before travel.

TDCJ also says each inmate is allowed one visit per weekend, and removed visitors can appeal to the Director's Review Committee in Huntsville within 14 days of written notice. Spiritual visits are coordinated through the warden's office. These details are statewide prison-visit rules and should not be applied to the Childress County Jail.

The screenshot below shows the TDCJ visitation overview source. Use the TDCJ visitation instructions and the unit visitation schedule portal before visiting Roach Unit.

The schedule portal should be checked close to the visit date because TDCJ says schedule and eligibility details update on weekdays and multiple times on visitation days.

Roach Unit vs Childress Jail

Roach Unit and the Childress County Jail are easy to confuse because both are in Childress County. They serve different legal stages. The jail holds recent arrests, local warrants, pretrial detainees, and local custody. Roach holds sentenced TDCJ prisoners after conviction, sentence, intake, and classification. For recent jail booking records, use the sheriff and IVSS. For Roach prisoners, use TDCJ.

For the county jail route, use Childress County Jail details.

Roach also has local operations that make it more than an address on a locator result. TDCJ lists security horses, security pack canines, a unit food bank garden, contract farming, a soap and detergent factory, Childress Distribution Center, Region V maintenance headquarters, unit maintenance, scent-specific canines, and human-remains-detection canines. Community work projects serve city and county agencies, DPS, the area food bank, TxDOT, and Texas Parks and Wildlife.

Education and reentry programs are also part of the unit record. TDCJ lists literacy, GED and adult basic education, special education, Title I, CHANGES, ESL, cognitive intervention, construction carpentry, HVAC/refrigeration, landscape design and maintenance, chaplaincy, Crime Stoppers, community tours, a faith-based dormitory, GO KIDS, peer education, reentry planning, and the Special Alternative Incarceration Program boot camp for men. These program details belong on the Roach page, not on the county jail page.

Medical and accommodation details also come from TDCJ rather than the county. The Roach Unit page lists ambulatory medical, dental care, mental-health services, telemedicine, and CPAP accommodating housing, with medical management by Texas Tech. Families should use the TDCJ family and visitation materials for mail, money, health, and approved-visitor questions because those rules are statewide prison rules, not sheriff office procedures.