Confirm Garza East Status
The official Garza East directory page lists a Correctional Institutions Division facility in Bee County. It provides an address, phone number, establishment date, and listed capacity. The research also found conflicting secondary descriptions about operations or closure. Those secondary accounts do not justify overriding a live first-party directory, but the directory alone does not resolve every current operational question.
The sound approach is narrow. Describe Garza East as a facility that TDCJ continues to list, then call TDCJ or the unit before stating that a person is currently housed there or that a particular service remains active. Do not claim the unit is fully operating based only on the directory. Do not claim it is closed based only on nonofficial summaries. Time-sensitive facts need current confirmation from the state agency.
Garza East Release Meaning
Any documented departure from Garza East belongs to the TDCJ system. A person might have transferred to another state unit, entered parole or mandatory supervision, reached discharge, or moved to another authority because of a hold. These outcomes cannot be combined under a generic “released in Bee County” label.
An internal transfer keeps the person incarcerated by TDCJ. Parole ends institutional custody under conditions and continued Parole Division authority. Mandatory supervision is a distinct supervised-release route under Texas law. Discharge reflects completion of the applicable sentence or supervision term unless another case controls. A transfer to another authority can end one agency’s custody without returning the person to the community.
| Record wording | Practical meaning | Next check |
|---|---|---|
| Transferred | TDCJ or another authority still has custody. | New facility and receiving agency |
| Parole or mandatory supervision | Prison custody ended with supervision. | TDCJ IVSS and Parole Division |
| Released or discharged | A completed TDCJ event is recorded. | Release certificate or incarceration history |
Search Garza East Records
The TDCJ Online Inmate Search is designed for people currently incarcerated by the state. Search by TDCJ number or SID when available. A name search requires an exact last name plus a first initial, and gender or race can narrow the results. Compare the number, conviction county, court, offense, and sentence details before choosing a match.
If a person appears at another TDCJ unit, that result indicates a transfer rather than community release from Garza East. If no current result appears, the search’s current-only scope makes the absence inconclusive. Use TDCJ IVSS to inspect offender status, expected or actual release dates, and intake or release rows. Older or completed records may require direct TDCJ information or a public information request.
- Confirm the person’s name, TDCJ number or SID, date of birth, and conviction county.
- Check current TDCJ custody without assuming Garza East remains the placement.
- Review IVSS details and distinguish a unit transfer from a prison release.
- Check release processing if a scheduled or approved event was expected.
- Obtain official history or release documents for lasting proof.
County IVSS is not the same service. It follows participating county jail and court feeds. Garza East records stay with TDCJ even though the unit’s directory address is in Bee County.
Garza East Date Fields
A projected release date is TDCJ Classification and Records’ current estimate if parole does not happen sooner. A parole eligibility date means a qualifying case can be considered for parole. A maximum sentence date generally reflects full-term expiration. None of these fields proves that a release took place.
A scheduled release date and scheduled location may appear after approval and case processing. They can change because staff must review the sentence calculation, disciplinary credits, warrants, detainers, required programs, release plan, and conditions. Even a favorable Board of Pardons and Paroles vote is an authorization path, not proof of a physical exit.
- Eligibility
- An opportunity for review, not guaranteed release.
- Projection
- A calculation that may move when the legal or case facts change.
- Schedule
- A planned event that remains subject to final processing.
- Actual release
- The completed event recorded in TDCJ status or release documentation.
Call Review and Release Processing at 512-406-5202 for post-approval processing questions. General inmate information is available at 936-295-6371 or 800-535-0283 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays.
Request Garza East Release Records
TDCJ’s informal inmate-information channel can provide a TDCJ number, location, offense and conviction information, incarceration history, and projected release information. Follow the official email instructions and provide the full name and seven-digit TDCJ number. If the number is unknown, include the exact date of birth or approximate age and county of conviction. That email service is free and states that it does not provide photographs.
For a release certificate, discharge documentation, or a defined history tied to Garza East, use the TDCJ public information request routes. Email PIA@tdcj.texas.gov or mail TDCJ Public Information Request, PO Box 4017, Huntsville, TX 77342. Identify the person and the requested date range. State whether the request seeks transfer records, intake and release history, a release certificate, or discharge documentation.
An official certificate or incarceration history is stronger than a stale directory reference or a no-result screen. TDCJ IVSS status and Review and Release confirmation can support current verification. A projection or approval remains weaker because it precedes the terminal event.
Garza East Directory Facts
TDCJ’s live entry lists Garza East Unit at 4304 Highway 202 in Beeville and gives 361-358-9880. It reports an establishment date in February 1994 and a listed capacity of 1,928. Those are directory facts, not a guarantee about today’s population, function, or availability.
No matching Garza East screenshot appears in the successful image manifest, so another facility’s image is not substituted. The live official directory should be read directly. Before travel or a time-sensitive inquiry, call to verify the present unit role and the correct contact path.
Garza East Unit (NI)4304 Highway 202
Beeville, TX 78102
361-358-9880
Bee County Prison Releases
Bee County’s cluster of TDCJ facilities can make a location-based search misleading. Garza West has intake and transient functions. McConnell is listed as a Regional Release Site. Garza East remains in the state directory with a role that should be confirmed. A person’s physical presence near Beeville does not turn a state sentence into a county jail case.
A state prisoner can leave through a release site that differs from the unit where the person spent most of the sentence. A person convicted outside Bee County can therefore be processed locally. Conversely, a Bee County resident can be released elsewhere. TDCJ owns the resulting state record regardless of the gate used.
The Bee County release records search explains how county jail, state prison, and federal channels divide. For Garza East, stay within the TDCJ branch unless an official terminal record names another custodian.
Garza East Transfer Holds
A warrant, detainer, or other sentence can cause a handoff when TDCJ custody would otherwise end. A detainer is a request from another authority about custody or notice. It does not establish that a transfer happened. Confirm both the TDCJ terminal event and the receiving agency’s intake.
When an immigration transfer is identified, the ICE Online Detainee Locator System can check current or recently released ICE custody. Its gaps make a no-result inconclusive. Federal matters may require a federal docket, USMS contact, or BOP locator. No official source reviewed established a current Bee County ICE agreement, so do not infer one from the location of a TDCJ unit.
This distinction is especially important when Garza East’s present role is unclear. Facility status, individual status, and release status are three separate questions. Each needs its own official answer.
Garza East Records Contact
Call the unit to verify current operations and route a facility question. Use statewide TDCJ channels for a formal release or discharge record. The Bee County Sheriff does not certify a TDCJ release.
Have the full name, date of birth, TDCJ number or SID, approximate stay dates, and conviction county ready. Ask whether the unit currently performs the function relevant to the inquiry. Then request the person-specific document from the state records custodian instead of treating a general directory answer as proof.
For conflicting information, favor the dated record created by the agency that owns the event. Do not merge similar names, assume a scheduled date became actual, or equate departure from the unit with a community release.