Unit Full Name: John Montford Unit

Senior Warden: Andrea Lozada

Regional Director: David Blackwell, Region V

Deputy Division Director: Miguel Martinez

Date Unit Established or On Line: Trusty Camp - December 1994; Montford Psych Unit - July 1995; Western Regional Medical Facility - August 1996

Total Employees: 705

Security Employees: 413

Non-Security Employees: 48

Windham Education Employees: 2

Contract Medical and Mental Health Employees: Medical = 146; Mental Health = 96

Inmate Gender: Male

Capacity: Unit: 550; Trusty Camp: 400; Medical Facility: 94

Custody Levels Housed: Outside Trusty, All levels requiring mental health treatment; Medical Facility: All levels requiring medical treatment

Approximate Acreage: 1,304

Agricultural Operations: Contract Farming, Regional Pest Control, Unit Garden, Unit Food Bank Garden Program

Manufacturing and Logistics Op.: None

Facility Operations: Unit Maintenance

Additional Operations: Special Needs Kitchen

Medical Capabilities: Ambulatory medical, dental, and mental health services. Medical care available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Fifty skilled nursing beds, which includes six respiratory isolation rooms and 44 long-term care beds, for a total of 94 infirmary beds. Thirty-bed holding area available and an additional 550 in-patient mental health beds. Type I Geriatric Facility. On-site surgical suite, dialysis facility, respiratory therapy, physical therapy, chronic care clinic, and brace and limb services. Telemedicine Services available. All services on a single level, including CPAP accommodating housing. Managed by Texas Tech.

Educational Programs: Literacy (Adult Basic Education/GED), CHANGES/Pre-Release

Additional Programs/Services: Faith Based Dormitory, Adult Education Program (upon availability), Chaplaincy Services, Reentry Planning, Crime Stoppers, Community Tours, GO KIDS Initiative

Community Work Projects: Services provided to city agencies, the area food bank, local organizations, the Texas Department of Transportation, and Texas Parks and Wildlife.

Volunteer Initiatives: Employment/Job Skills, Substance Abuse Education, Support Groups, Mentoring, Life Skills, Parent Training, Marriage Training, Religious/Faith Based Studies and Activities