What Leaving Coffield Means
Release from Coffield can mean parole, a conditional return to the community while the sentence continues under TDCJ Parole Division supervision. Mandatory supervision is a separate release form governed by Texas law. Discharge is broader: TDCJ defines a Discharge Date as the date a person completes the sentence and is released from incarceration, parole, mandatory supervision, or community supervision. A transfer merely changes the place of imprisonment.
That distinction matters in Anderson County because five TDCJ facilities operate near one another. Someone can move from Coffield to Beto, Michael, Powledge, Gurney, or a unit elsewhere in Texas without leaving state custody. Likewise, a favorable parole vote is not the physical release. TDCJ must audit the record, review the plan and conditions, and establish later scheduling information.
Search Current Coffield Custody
Start with the TDCJ Online Inmate Search. It covers people currently incarcerated in TDCJ and is updated on working days; TDCJ says its information is at least 24 hours old. It is not a permanent public profile for every person previously released or discharged.
- Use the seven-digit TDCJ number or SID number whenever known.
- Otherwise enter the exact last name and at least the first initial.
- Use gender and race only to narrow possible matches.
- Compare the unit, conviction county, offenses, and identifiers before choosing a result.
- Read projected and scheduled dates according to their exact labels.
If Coffield is the listed unit, the person remains in state custody according to that dated result. If another unit appears, that is a transfer. If no match appears, allow for exact-name requirements and data lag, then move to the historical channel rather than declaring a release.
Obtain a Coffield Release Record
TDCJ offers a no-charge inmate-information email request. Send the full name and seven-digit TDCJ number to pia@tdcj.texas.gov, placing the person's name in the subject. When the number is unknown, provide the exact birth date; if that is also unknown, provide approximate age and county of conviction.
The response may include the TDCJ number, current location, conviction offense, prior incarceration history, and offense, county, and court details. It may also include the projected release date for the current sentence. Photographs are not supplied through this email product. A focused Texas Public Information Act request is the route for an existing department document outside the standard response.
Ask for the specific record needed, such as incarceration history, release type, completed release date, discharge information, or a department photograph. TDCJ, not the Anderson County Sheriff's Office, is the custodian for Coffield incarceration records. Pair the answer with the judgment from the court of conviction when the sentence or legal disposition matters.
H. H. Coffield Contact
The facility can provide current operational information, but formal release history belongs with TDCJ records and parole channels. The research did not verify public release-processing hours or a public exit procedure, so arrangements should not be inferred from general unit contact information.
2661 FM 2054
Tennessee Colony, TX 75884
Phone: 903-928-2211
Operator: TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division
Coffield lies about five miles southwest of Tennessee Colony. It is separate from the Anderson County Jail in Palestine. Calling the county jail about a Coffield prisoner sends the question to the wrong custody system.
Coffield Unit Profile
The TDCJ unit information cited through the official Coffield Unit page reports a capacity of 4,139 and G1 through G4, security detention, and outside-trusty custody categories.
The source image supports the unit identity and institutional details. Those details describe the prison, not the status of a particular person, so the offender search and historical request remain necessary.
Capacity is not an annual release count. Custody classifications concern management inside TDCJ and cannot predict a release date. Security or classification changes should not be recast as parole, discharge, or transfer without a person-specific state record.
Read State Release Dates Carefully
Projected Release Date is an estimate based on the current sentence record and applicable rules. It can change because of sentence calculations, credit decisions, disciplinary action, a new judgment, or a parole determination. Scheduled Release Date is a later operational field following favorable action and a records audit, but TDCJ warns that even a scheduled date can change without notice.
| State field or event | What it establishes |
|---|---|
| Current unit | Place of TDCJ incarceration as of the dated update |
| Projected Release Date | Prospective estimate, subject to revision |
| Parole approval | Board decision, not physical departure |
| Scheduled Release Date | Planned date after state review and audit |
| Discharge Date | Completion of the sentence and applicable supervision |
Record the label exactly. Calling a projection an actual Coffield release creates a false history. Check again near the date and request historical confirmation after the event.
Confirm Parole After Coffield
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles decides parole cases, while the TDCJ Parole Division supervises people after release. The local geography splits those responsibilities. The Palestine Board Office votes cases from Coffield and the other four Anderson County prisons. Anderson County field-supervision routing generally goes through the Athens District Parole Office.
TDCJ lists 844-512-0461 for board review status, 512-406-5202 for release status after a vote, and 512-406-5449 for Review and Release Processing. General offender locator assistance is available at 936-295-6371 or 800-535-0283, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Probation, formally community supervision, comes from a court and is handled by a CSCD rather than the Parole Board. The Anderson County parole and probation guide separates these offices and their records.
Five Prisons, One Local Complex
Anderson County has an unusually concentrated state-prison footprint. Coffield, George Beto Unit, Joe F. Gurney Transfer Facility, Mark W. Michael Unit, and Louis C. Powledge Unit share an approximately 20,528-acre operational complex. This distinctive local arrangement makes a nearby move especially easy to misread.
Gurney is a reception and transfer facility. A person may move through Gurney before placement at Coffield, and a later movement in the other direction can also remain entirely within TDCJ. The TDCJ unit directory confirms unit identities and codes, while the person-specific locator confirms the current placement.
Does leaving Coffield mean the person is free? No. It means only that Coffield is no longer the confirmed unit. Look for a new unit, a completed parole or mandatory-supervision event, a discharge record, or custody by another authority before describing what happened.
Build a Reliable Evidence Chain
First save the date and identifiers from the last Coffield result. Second, check for another TDCJ location. Third, consult Board and release-processing channels when parole is involved. Fourth, request historical information after a person disappears from the current-only search. Finally, compare the response with the conviction court's judgment.
A detainer can change the next step. If another authority takes custody, departure from TDCJ is not necessarily unrestricted community release. The receiving authority's record controls that later custody stage. The Anderson County released-inmate guide explains how county, state, federal, and immigration records diverge.
Keep the TDCJ number, source URL, access date, unit code, and exact date labels with every saved result. A screenshot is time-sensitive evidence of what a current search displayed, not a durable release certificate. When accuracy matters, obtain the official state history or court document and avoid conclusions about a person's private whereabouts after community release.
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