Attorney General's Access & Visitation Hotline
Office of the Attorney General
1-866-292-4636 Monday - Friday, 1-7 PM
Texas A&V Hotline Attorneys provide legal information about child custody, visitation, paternity and child support issues. To obtain legal forms, visitation letters and logs, and other tools for resolving custody or visitation concerns, visit www.txaccess.org [1]
Attorney General's Incarcerated Parents Program
Thomas Cruz, Jr., Incarcerated Parents Program Coordinator
Office of the Attorney General -
Office of Family Initiatives
P O Box 12017, -MC 039
Austin,TX 78711-2017
512-460-6314
512-460-6040 fax
[2]PrisonMail.org
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YOU open a "PrisonMail Mailbox" (for $9.95 per month) for your loved one at PrisonMail.org. Anyone else you invite can join the mailbox at no charge.
YOU and EVERYONE YOU INVITE may login to PrisonMail.org anytime and write as many messages as you would like.
PRISONMAIL converts all of these messages, confidentially, to a printed letter of up to eight pages and mails it to your loved one...
Send Money to an Inmate
JPay.com:
Funds can be sent to your loved one’s commissary account through the
Inmate Trust Fund in Huntsville, preferably with one of the deposit
forms that can be picked up at the unit. However, if you are sending
the same amount every month, you may want to take advantage of the bank
draft form available from the Inmate Trust Fund. The benefit is that
you don't have to purchase a money order and then remember to get it in
the mail each month. And, it goes without saying that the loved one
appreciates knowing that there is a set amount in his/her commissary
account.
Send money to an inmate for as low as $1.95. Send before 2:00 PM M-F and the inmate account will be credited same day with www.jpay.com [4]
Hospitality Houses
Central Texas Hospitality House
For those who are visiting loved ones in the Gatesville area, a new welcome center has opened, offering a free snack and place to wait while awaiting a family visit. A Hospitality House will be completed in the months ahead, offering a free night’s stay for families of the 9000 inmates in that area. For more information call Bill Lewis, Central Texas Hospitality House at (254) 471-5759.
See attachment below for information about other hospitality houses.