Locate Clyde M. Johnston Unit Inmates

Clyde M. Johnston Unit Overview

Clyde M. Johnston Unit is operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. TDCJ classifies it as a Correctional Institutions Division Substance Abuse Felony Punishment Facility, often shortened to SAFP. It is located in Winnsboro in Wood County and serves a state-prison treatment function for male substance-abuse offenders. It should not be described as a county jail, local lockup, municipal jail, or Wood County Sheriff's Office facility.

TDCJ lists Senior Warden Jimmy Sisson for the unit. The facility came online in June 1995 and has been ACA accredited since April 2005. The unit sits one mile east of Winnsboro on FM 3530 and covers about 342 acres. Its state function is different from the Wood County Jail in Quitman. A Wood County arrest may start at the county jail, but once a person is sentenced or assigned to TDCJ custody, the lookup, visitation, mail, and facility rules shift to the state system.

The TDCJ unit directory page gives the facility's address, phone number, capacity, staffing, medical capability, programs, work projects, and operational details. The screenshot below comes from the official TDCJ Johnston Unit page.

Use that TDCJ page for unit-level facts, and use the TDCJ inmate search for the current placement of a specific inmate. Wood County's local jail roster and county jail service rules do not control Johnston Unit custody.

Clyde M. Johnston Unit Capacity

TDCJ publishes a capacity of 612 for Clyde M. Johnston Unit. The unit population type is male substance-abuse offenders, including SAFP, in-prison substance use treatment, and special-needs SAFP populations. TDCJ also publishes staffing and medical-support figures for the unit, which makes the Johnston page more detailed than the county jail population data available in the research file.

Because Johnston is a state facility, a person housed there may not appear in the Wood County Jail roster. TDCJ says its online search includes only inmates currently incarcerated in a TDCJ facility. If an inmate has moved, been released, or is in another custody system, the TDCJ locator result may change before county records do.

Clyde M. Johnston Unit Lookup

Use the TDCJ Inmate Information Search for Clyde M. Johnston Unit. Do not use the Wood County Online Jail Search for Johnston inmates. The county roster is for local jail custody, while the TDCJ locator is for people currently incarcerated in a TDCJ facility. The minimum search input is the last name plus at least the first initial, the TDCJ number, or the SID number.

1. Open the TDCJ Inmate Information Search.
2. Search by TDCJ number, SID number, or exact last name plus at least the first initial.
3. Use optional gender and race filters only when they help narrow common names.
4. Confirm that the current unit assignment is Clyde M. Johnston Unit before using its visitation or contact rules.

The TDCJ search form is shown in the manifest image from the official TDCJ inmate search.

Follow the search fields displayed by TDCJ. If a result is not found, recheck spelling, try a TDCJ or SID number if available, and remember that county jail custody, federal custody, and immigration custody are separate systems.

Clyde M. Johnston Unit Contact

Use the TDCJ unit phone for final confirmation of assignment, visitation status, and unit-specific instructions. Johnston is located at 703 Airport Road in Winnsboro, Texas, and TDCJ describes it as one mile east of Winnsboro on FM 3530. The unit phone is published by TDCJ, not the county sheriff.

Senior Warden Jimmy Sisson is the warden listed in the TDCJ unit directory. The directory also states that manufacturing, logistics, and additional operations are none for this unit, while agriculture and facility operations include unit garden, hay production, and unit maintenance.

Clyde M. Johnston Unit Visitation

Johnston visitation follows TDCJ visitation rules, not Wood County Jail's Tuesday and Sunday booth schedule. TDCJ tells visitors to confirm the inmate is assigned to the unit, confirm the inmate has visitation privileges, check the unit schedule and any cancellation, verify approved visitor status, bring photo identification, check dress rules, and avoid prohibited items. TDCJ also says each inmate is allowed one visit per weekend where possible.

The TDCJ visitation rules image below comes from the official TDCJ visitation page.

Use the TDCJ public unit visitation schedule before travel, then call Johnston at (903) 342-6166 for final confirmation. TDCJ cautions visitors to avoid bringing cash except limited coins, to keep cell phones outside the secure perimeter, and to arrange special visits or accommodations before travel.

Clyde M. Johnston Unit Mail

Johnston mail, deposits, calls, and visitation are governed by TDCJ rules and unit instructions. County jail service rules should not be applied to Clyde M. Johnston Unit. Families should confirm the current TDCJ mail format, approved correspondence rules, deposit options, and phone-service instructions through TDCJ before sending money or documents.

This separation prevents one of the most common Wood County custody mistakes. A person in the Quitman county jail may be pretrial or serving a county-level sentence. A person at Johnston is in TDCJ custody at a state treatment facility. The address, visit approval process, search tool, and facility rules are different.

Clyde M. Johnston Unit Intake

Johnston intake is not street-arrest booking. A local arrest starts with law enforcement and may lead to the Wood County Jail if the person is booked locally. Johnston is a TDCJ facility, so assignment there occurs through state custody and classification. The unit houses male substance-abuse offenders in SAFP and related treatment populations. Admission should be understood as state prison treatment placement rather than a county booking event.

TDCJ publishes medical capabilities for the Johnston Unit, including ambulatory medical and dental services, CPAP accommodating housing, and UTMB-managed care. The research does not list Windham Education employees for the unit, but it does list Adult Education Program upon availability. That distinction matters because it supports a narrower, accurate program description rather than a generic prison education claim.

TDCJ

Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the state agency that operates Johnston.

SAFP

Substance Abuse Felony Punishment Facility, a state treatment custody setting.

SID number

A state identification number that can be used in the TDCJ inmate search.

Unit assignment

The current TDCJ facility where an inmate is housed or assigned.

Clyde M. Johnston Unit Programs

TDCJ lists Johnston's special treatment programs as Substance Abuse Felony Punishment Facility, In-Prison Substance Use Treatment Program, and Special Needs SAFP. Additional programs and services include Adult Education Program upon availability, Chaplaincy Services, Community Tours, Faith-Based Dormitory, and GO KIDS Initiative. Volunteer initiatives include literacy and education, substance-abuse education, parent training, support groups, life skills, and religious or faith-based studies and activities.

Community work projects serve city agencies, local school districts, TxDOT, and Texas Parks and Wildlife. Agriculture includes a unit garden and hay production, and facility operations include unit maintenance. These program and work-project details are specific to Johnston and should not be mixed into the Wood County Jail page.

For a Wood County custody search, the facility type decides the lookup path. Use the Wood County Jail page for local jail custody in Quitman. Use TDCJ for Johnston Unit and other state-prison assignments. Use federal or immigration locators only when the person is in those separate custody systems.