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John Montford Unit Overview

John Montford Unit is operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Region V. It is a male state-prison unit in Lubbock County with outside trusty custody and all custody levels that require medical or mental-health treatment. Senior Warden Brittany Miller is listed in the research as the unit's senior warden. Montford is not a county jail and is not searched through the Lubbock County jail roster.

The official TDCJ unit page gives the address, phone, capacity, custody profile, acreage, history, accreditation, medical capabilities, and program list. The campus includes the original Trusty Camp, the Montford Psych Unit, and the Western Regional Medical Facility. The research notes establishment dates of December 1994 for the Trusty Camp, July 1995 for the Psych Unit, and August 1996 for the Western Regional Medical Facility. ACA accreditation has been listed since April 2007.

Montford's role is unusually specialized. It serves sentenced TDCJ inmates, including medical, mental-health, geriatric, infirmary, and long-term care populations. A person booked into Lubbock County Detention Center after arrest will not become a Montford inmate unless the criminal case leads to a state sentence, TDCJ intake, and assignment or transfer within the prison system.

John Montford Unit Capacity

The TDCJ unit directory lists John Montford Unit capacity as 950. The research also reports about 1,304 acres and a major medical and psychiatric service profile. Unlike the county jail population figures from TCJS, the research does not provide a current daily population count for Montford. Capacity can be stated from the TDCJ unit page, but a current headcount should not be invented.

Montford should be compared to the county jail only by custody type, not by roster function. Lubbock County Detention Center holds people in local jail custody, including pretrial detainees and local sentences. John Montford Unit holds people in TDCJ state custody and has prison medical and mental-health services that do not exist as ordinary county jail functions.

Search John Montford Unit Records

Use the TDCJ Inmate Search for John Montford Unit, not the Lubbock County roster. The TDCJ search includes current TDCJ inmates only. The research notes that TDCJ updates the online information on working days only and that the information is at least 24 hours old. Because unit assignments, release data, and transport status can change, relatives should confirm with TDCJ or the unit before traveling.

1. Open the TDCJ statewide inmate search.
2. Search by TDCJ number or SID number when known, or use last name plus at least the first initial.
3. Check the profile for current location, offenses, and projected release information when available.
4. Confirm that the current location is John Montford Unit before scheduling travel, mail, or visits.
5. If the person is not found, check whether the person is still in county jail, federal custody, ICE custody, or outside current TDCJ incarceration.

The TDCJ inmate search form is the correct locator for John Montford Unit assignments.

The county jail roster remains useful only for people still in Lubbock County jail custody before any state-prison transfer. If the person may still be in local jail, check the sheriff active jail roster page or the county roster page before treating the person as a state-prison inmate.

John Montford Unit Contact

The TDCJ unit directory places John Montford Unit in Lubbock County, two miles southeast of Loop 289 on Highway 84. TDCJ lists the phone number and facility address. For visit status, unit assignment, and travel confirmation, call the unit before going. For broad inmate-location information, TDCJ also provides statewide online, email, and telephone routes through its inmate-information resources.

John Montford Unit Visitation

TDCJ visitation is separate from Lubbock County jail visitation. The state prison system requires visitors to confirm the inmate is assigned to the unit, confirm the unit schedule and any cancellations, verify approved visitor status, bring photo ID, follow clothing rules, avoid prohibited items, and call the unit before travel. The TDCJ visitation hotline is available on weekends, and the Montford Unit page names Helen Mayorga as the family liaison coordinator.

The TDCJ visitation page publishes statewide visit instructions and hotline details.

Use those statewide rules with the local Montford unit phone number so travel is based on the current assignment and current schedule.

John Montford Unit Mail and Money

The research supplied strong Montford unit facts but did not provide a facility-specific mail or commissary fee schedule. Because Montford is a TDCJ prison, prison mail, deposit, and phone rules should be confirmed through TDCJ before sending funds or correspondence. Do not use Lubbock County Detention Center's Seminole, Florida scanned-mail address, SmartInmate process, Access Corrections facility number, or county jail kiosk instructions for a John Montford Unit inmate unless TDCJ separately directs that action.

This distinction is practical. A family member may see an arrest in the county system, then later hear the person is in prison. Once TDCJ has custody, the county jail's vendor list no longer controls most communication, visit, or account procedures.

John Montford Unit Medical Custody

Montford is one of the most medically significant facilities in the Lubbock County research set. The TDCJ page lists ambulatory medical, dental, mental health, 24-hour medical care, 50 skilled nursing beds, six respiratory isolation rooms, 44 long-term care beds, 94 infirmary beds, a 30-bed holding area, 550 inpatient mental-health beds, a Type I Geriatric Facility, surgical suite, dialysis, respiratory therapy, physical therapy, chronic care, brace and limb services, telemedicine, and CPAP-accommodating housing.

Texas Tech manages the medical operation noted in the research. The custody profile includes outside trusty plus all levels requiring medical or mental-health treatment. That does not mean every person at Montford has the same status, release date, or program access. It means the unit houses sentenced male inmates whose prison assignment is connected to TDCJ custody and the unit's treatment capacity.

TDCJ

Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the state agency for Texas prison custody.

Outside trusty

A lower custody assignment that may include approved work duties under prison control.

Infirmary beds

Medical beds used for prison health care needs, separate from ordinary jail housing.

Geriatric facility

A prison setting designed for older or medically complex inmates.

John Montford Unit Programs

Montford programs listed in the research include literacy and GED education, CHANGES pre-release, a faith-based dormitory, chaplaincy, reentry planning, Crime Stoppers, community tours, GO KIDS, agricultural operations, a unit garden and food bank garden, community work projects, volunteers, and related initiatives. These programs are prison programs, not county jail reentry services, even though both systems may operate in Lubbock County.

The unit's history and programs make it a Lubbock County custody resource, but it remains part of the state prison system. For current county inmates, start with Lubbock County Detention Center and the public Lubbock County Jail Roster. For sentenced TDCJ inmates, use the state locator and TDCJ unit contacts. If a person moves from jail to prison, the public record path changes with the custody agency.