TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Money orders or cashier’s checks should be made payable to “Inmate Trust Fund for Offender Name and Number”. Send the deposit and completed deposit slip to Inmate Trust Fund, PO Box 60, Huntsville, TX 77342-0060.

You can have an amount automatically debited from a personal checking account to a specific inmate once a month. This is a free service provided by TDCJ. The debit transaction will occur on or around the 5th day of each month and will be credited to the inmate’s account on our around the 10th of each month.

To enroll in the auto debit, send a completed authorization form and voided check on the account to be debited to Inmate Trust Fund, PO Box 629, Huntsville, Texas 77342-0629.

To stop or change the enrollment, complete the change form and send to the Inmate Trust Fund, PO Box 629, Huntsville, Texas 77342-0629. This form must be received 3-5 business days before the 5th day of the month to be processed for that month.

The vendors below are approved by TDCJ for online deposits into inmate trust funds.

Access Corrections
America’s Cash Express
eCommDirect provided by Texas.gov
JPay
Touch Payment System

You can access the eCommDirect website to place your order. You must complete the following for each order:

• Enter your First and Last Name. (This information must match the Approved Sender’s List.)
• Enter the inmate's number and the inmate's last name;
• Add items and/or deposits to shopping cart;
• Checkout, paying with your Visa, Discover, or MasterCard; and,
• Print your confirmation receipt.

Items will be delivered within approximately five business days after TDJ receives the order. Please note that unit security or staffing can override this timeframe. At this time, there is not an e-mail confirmation that the items purchased were delivered. You may contact the inmate to verify they received their items or contact eCommDirect department at (936) 437-8990 or e-mail ecommdirect@tdcj.texas.gov after five business days.

Inmates eligibility is based on:

• The inmate's custody level (General Population and State Jail Levels 4 and 5, Administrative Segregation levels 2, 3 and transition, Death Row levels 2 and 3 and certain medical conditions are not eligible.)
• The inmate must not be on commissary restriction. (Inmates on commissary restriction are not eligible.)
• If the inmate is newly received, the inmate will not be eligible until the next calendar quarter after the inmate's entry.
• Whether or not the inmate is housed at a location that has a TDCJ commissary located on the unit.
• Inmates cannot receive purchases while the unit is on lockdown.
• Inmates may submit an I-60 to determine their eligibility status for eCommDirect.

No, the eCommDirect purchase is in addition to an inmate’s spend limit in commissary.

The maximum spend limit for an eligible inmate is per quarter. Multiple purchases may be made throughout the quarter, but there will be a $3.75 fee assessed for each transaction.

• January – March up to $70;
• April – June up to $70;
• July – September up to $70; and
• October – December up to $95 (Holiday Spend)

The inmate will need to add you to their approved visitation list or approved telephone list.

Fluctuations in inventory can cause the top selling items to be unavailable at times, however, this is not an indication of statewide product shortage. Product availability is monitored daily.

*Items that are not available for purchase from eCommDirect include stamps, property, clothing, and medication items.

No, unit commissaries have over 700 items, where eCommDIrect has up to 100 top selling items depending on inventory levels. The products shown on the website are a portion of all TDCJ units inventory items within the State of Texas. If a certain number of unit commissaries are out of a product, those products will be removed from eCommDirect to reduce products substitution.

No, orders are only placed through the eCommDirect website.

Yes, the fee to make a purchase is $3.75 and the fee to make a deposit is $2.50 plus 2.25% of the deposit. The fee to make a deposit and purchase at the same time is $3.75 plus 2.25% of the deposit.

There is a 30-minute time limit on this website. Once you have been timed out of the store, you will not be able to go back in and make a purchase until the next business day.

Due to security, the system will block you from returning to the website until the next day.

No, eCommDirect is the only acceptable package program for TDCJ inmates.

The TDCJ Commissary Price List (PDF) is updated monthly. Some items are not available at every commissary location.

Friends and families on an inmate’s approved visitor or telephone list can purchase fans for eligible inmates housed at the below units. Fans cost $23 and can be purchased by sending a money order or cashier’s check payable to TDCJ Commissary & Trust Fund and a completed FanDirect Order form to:

TDCJ Commissary & Trust Fund
ATTN: FanDirect Program
PO Box 629
Huntsville, TX 77342-0629

The fan will be delivered to the eligible inmate within 10 business days from the date the completed request is received at the Commissary & Trust Fund Department.