Roach Unit - Childress, Texas

General Information
Contact Information
Parole Board and IPO
Visitation
Items You Can And Cannot Send
Motels
Restaurants
Directions to Unit
Hospitality House
Phone Calls Allowed?
Misc. Information

General Information

Unit Address and Phone Number - 15845 FM 164, Childress, Texas 79201
940-937-6364

Unit Location - Two miles southwest of Hwy. 287 on FM614 in Childress County

Senior Warden - Michael Sizemore

Regional Director - Bruce Zeller, RegionV

DI Division Deputy Director - Rodney Cooper

Date Unit Established - August 1991

Total Employees - 330

Security Employees - 216

Non-Security Employees - 63

Windham Education Employees - 23

Contract Medical and Psychiatric Employees - Medical, 29 - Psychiatric, 0

Offender Population and Gender - 1,452 Male

Maximum Capacity - Unit - 1.342
Boot Camp - 400
Work Camp

Custody Levels Housed - G1, G2, G4

Approximate Acreage - 1,651

Agricultural Operatopns - Security Horses/Dogs, Unit Garden, Contract Operations

Manufacturing and Logistic Operations - Soap and Detergent Factory, Childress Distribution Center

Facility Operations - Panhandle Region(Region5) Maintenance Headquarters

Medical Capabilities - Ambulatory medical, dental and mental health services.

Educational Programs - Literacy, Special Education, CHANGES/Ore-Release, RIO, Construction Carpentry, Electrical/Heating/Ventilation/Air Conditioning/Refrigeration, Landscape Design, Construction Maintenance

Contact Information

Senior Warden - Michael Sizemore - 940-937-6364

Regional Director - Bruce Zeller, RegionV

DI Division Deputy Director - Rodney Cooper

Chaplain - 940-937-6364

Parole Board - Roach Unit








Amarillo Parole Board

Amarillo Board Office
5809 S. Western, Suite327
Amarillo, Texas 79110
806-359-7656
806-358-6455 Fax
Members:
Charles Aycock, Board Member
James Poland, Parole Commissioner
Charles Shipman, Parole Commissioner

Visitation

Visitation Hours:

Fridays- You may call and schedule an appointment to visit on Fridays
Saturdays or Sundays 8:00am-5:00pm

Rules:

The name of all visitors, with the exception of their attorney, and children under sixteen years old must be on the inmates' visitor list. Inmates are only allowed to add ten people to their visitor list.

Inmates are allowed a two hour visit every weekend. Only two adults are allowed per visit, and children are not counted in this limit. Children under the age of sixteen must be with an adult on the inmate's visitor list.

-Visitors may bring a small clear purse with $20.00 in coins to purchase snacks/ drinks from the vending machines during visitations. Do NOT take any paper currency.

- If you have infants, or small children you are allowed to bring a max of three diapers, baby wipes, and two baby bottles/sippy cups.

What to wear to visitation:

-Shirts, and shoes MUST be worn at all times.

-Female visitors must wear dresses, skirts, capri, or long pants. (Dresses, or skirts that are too short may require an approval by the correction officer.)

-Male visitors must wear long pants.

- Shirts, cut-offs, halter tops, undershirts, tank tops, as well as shirts and blouses of fishnet or transparent material are NOT allowed.

- Clothing that contains offensive language, or images is NOT allowed.

Who is eligible for Contact Visits?

- Immediate Family such as Natural or adoptive parents, steppparents or grandparents; spouses, natural or adopted children, stepchildren or grandchildren, natural, adoptive, or stepsiblings, aunts and/or uncles, and persons related by marriage if accompanied by immediate family member.

**Some inmates CANNOThave contact visits with children due to the nature of their offense. Please call the unit prior to visitation to confirm this.

Items You Can And Cannot Send

You CAN send items such as:

-Newspapers, magazines, and books may be mailed directly from the publisher, publication supplier, or bookstore.

-Stationery, colored paper (cannot exceed 8 1/2" by 11"), carbon paper, writing tablets with no staple binding, and unstamped blank envelopes(nothing written on them not even inmate name or address) may also be sent directly from the vendor (Examples of vendors: Staples, Office Max, Office Depot, etc.)

You CANNOT send items such as:

- Food, clothing, jewelry, or toiletries

Motels

Econo Lodge
1612 F on Hwy. 287
Childress, Texas

Days Inn
2220 Avenue F & Hwy. 287
Childress, Texas

Holiday Inn Express
2008 Avenue F
Childress, Texas

Restaurants

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Directions to Unit

Coming in from Amarillo or Wichita Falls you will be on Hwy. 287

Two miles southwest of Hwy. 287 on FM614 in Childress County

Hospitality House

There is no Hospitality House in Childress - the closest one is in Amarillo, which is 2 hours away.

Phone Calls

Offenders are allowed one five-minute collect phone call every 90 days. These phone calls are monitored.

Things To Do

Lake Childress is close and has a campground. There is a Wal-mart and several neat little shops.