O'Daniel (MV)
ACA Accredited Unit Since May 2009
Correctional Institutions Division - Prison

Senior Warden:
Andrea Lozada
Regional Director:
Jennifer Cozby, Region VI
Deputy Division Director:
Lonnie "L.E." Townsend

Address:
O'Daniel Unit
2305 Ransom Road
Gatesville, TX 76528
Phone: (254) 865-7226 (**016)
Location: Four miles north of Gatesville on FM 215 in Coryell County
Unit Full Name: Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit
Date Unit Established or On Line: July 1975
Total Employees: 300
Security Employees: 224
Non-Security Employees: 49
Windham Education Employees: 7
Contract Medical and Mental Health Employees: Medical = 14; Mental Health = 6
Inmate Gender: Female
Capacity: 644
Custody Levels Housed: G1-G5, Security Detention, Death Row
Approximate Acreage: 97
Agricultural Operations: O'Daniel, Crain, Hilltop, Hughes, and Murray work in cooperation: Edible and Field Crops, Farm Shop, Security Horses, and Swine Finishing Operation.
Manufacturing and Logistics Op.: Braille Facility
Facility Operations: Unit Maintenance
Additional Operations: None
Medical Capabilities: Ambulatory medical, dental, and mental health services. Medical care available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Twenty in-patient mental health beds, chronic care clinic, and CPAP accommodating housing available. Managed by UTMB.
Special Treatment Programs: Strength Through Restoration, Independence, Vision and Empowerment (STRIVE).
Educational Programs: Academic, CHANGES (Pre-Release), Cosmetology, Horticulture/Urban Farming; Braille (Windham and TDCJ partnership), STRIVE (Windham and TDCJ partnership).
Additional Programs/Services: Faith-Based Dormitory, Restrictive Housing Safekeeping Video Initiative, Adult Education Program (upon availability), Peer Education, Reentry Planning, Chaplaincy Services, GO KIDS Initiative, Veterans, Patriot Paws, Life Coach Academy and Transitional Program, Cognitive Life Skills, Peer Support Recovery Coach Program, Recovery Housing Opportunity Program (RHOP), Choices Program for Young Adults, Girls Embracing Mothers (GEMS), The Tank Podcast/Radio Station, Special Projects.
Community Work Projects: None
Volunteer Initiatives: Employment/Job Skills, Substance Abuse Education, Life Skills, Support Groups, Mentoring, Victims Awareness, Religious/Faith-Based Studies and Activities, Women's Storybook Project.