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Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit Overview

The Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit, also listed by TDCJ as O'Daniel Unit, is a Region VI prison at 2305 Ransom Road, Gatesville, TX 76528. TDCJ lists the phone number as 254-865-7226, the unit code as MV / 016, and Andrea Lozada as senior warden. The unit is about four miles north of Gatesville on FM 215 in Coryell County.

O'Daniel Unit holds female sentenced inmates. TDCJ lists custody levels G1 through G5, security detention, and death row. That mix gives the unit a very different custody profile from the county jail. A current county jail roster search may show someone before sentencing or while awaiting transfer, but once the person is in O'Daniel Unit, TDCJ controls the location record, visitation rules, mail processing, and trust fund channels.

The facility image below is from the official TDCJ O'Daniel Unit profile captured in the project manifest.

The profile confirms that O'Daniel is a state prison page subject, so the lookup path must remain TDCJ rather than the Coryell County sheriff roster.

Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit Capacity

TDCJ lists Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit with capacity for 644 female inmates. It was established or placed online in July 1975. Research notes 300 total employees and a Braille Facility under manufacturing and logistics. The listed custody levels include G1, G2, G3, G4, G5, security detention, and death row. Because O'Daniel includes high-security and special population housing, unit confirmation is especially important before visits, legal calls, and family pickup plans.

Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit Lookup

Search O'Daniel Unit through the TDCJ inmate locator. The county jail roster is not the right tool for a person already assigned to O'Daniel. TDCJ says its online locator is for inmates currently incarcerated in a TDCJ facility, is updated on working days only, and is at least 24 hours old. That notice makes phone confirmation important for release, transfer, and visit planning.

1. Open the TDCJ locator and choose a name, TDCJ number, or SID number search.
2. For a name search, enter an exact last name and at least the first initial.
3. Use optional gender and race filters when a common name returns too many results.
4. Check the listed unit, unit code, and custody status before mailing or visiting.
5. Call O'Daniel Unit at 254-865-7226 if the online data may be old or the inmate may have moved.

Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit Contact

Use the unit phone for direct prison questions about location confirmation, visit status, pickup instructions, and whether a special custody status affects contact. Court case questions, county booking records, and county jail bond questions belong with the sheriff, court, or clerk channels instead. The two systems touch when a person moves from county custody into TDCJ, but they do not use the same roster.

Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit Visits

O'Daniel visits follow TDCJ visitation rules, not county jail visiting rules. Visitors should start with the TDCJ visitation system, make sure they are approved when approval is required, and call the unit before travel. The death row and security detention listings make confirmation especially important because not every custody status has the same contact and movement rules.

Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit Mail

Mail, phone, and money rules at O'Daniel come from TDCJ. Use the TDCJ inmate mail page to confirm current mail format and restrictions. Use the TDCJ inmate trust fund page for deposits. The research did not capture a separate O'Daniel fee schedule, so avoid relying on old vendor names, unofficial payment pages, or county jail commissary instructions.

Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit Intake

O'Daniel intake happens inside the prison system after court and TDCJ transfer steps. It is different from Coryell County Jail booking, where a person is first searched, fingerprinted, charged, and placed on the sheriff roster. At O'Daniel, prison classification controls custody level, housing, medical review, mental health placement, work assignment, and program access. The TDCJ record is the source to confirm where the inmate is now.

Medical information from TDCJ is specific. O'Daniel has 24-hour medical care, 20 inpatient mental health beds, a chronic care clinic, and CPAP housing. These details help explain why some inmates may have medical or mental health housing constraints. They do not mean family members can get private medical data by phone, but they do help distinguish the unit from a standard county detention page.

About Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit

O'Daniel has one of the most distinctive program profiles in the Coryell County TDCJ cluster. TDCJ lists STRIVE, academic programs, CHANGES, cosmetology, horticulture and urban farming, Braille, a faith-based dormitory, a restrictive housing safekeeping video initiative, veterans programming, Patriot Paws, Life Coach Academy and Transitional Program, peer support recovery coach, RHOP, Choices Program for Young Adults, GEMS, and The Tank Podcast/Radio Station.

The Braille Facility is especially useful for identifying this unit in records research because it is not a generic prison detail. Family members and record searchers may see the O'Daniel name, the MV unit code, or the older Murray-linked naming history in different contexts. Use the current TDCJ unit page and phone confirmation when a document uses a short name or code.

The unit also participates in the local Gatesville prison geography. Research notes that O'Daniel and several other Gatesville units share agricultural operations, while O'Daniel itself includes a Braille Facility. This state prison setting is separate from downtown Gatesville jail, court, and sheriff records work. For a person still awaiting trial or bond, use the county jail path. For O'Daniel, use TDCJ.