HARDSHIP TRANSFERS

HARDSHIP TRANSFERS:

A hardship transfer is usually considered when there is a medical condition that impacts the immediate family member’s ability to travel to visit the offender.

Generally, transfer facility, state jail, intermediate sanction facility, substance abuse, pre-parole and pre-release offenders shall not be eligible for transfer consideration.

Requests from the offender family member for an inter-facility transfer should be directed to the appropriate unit Warden or to the Assistant Director for Classification and Records.

The Assistant Director for Classification and Records may grant an inter-facility transfer if the following criterion is met.

Hardship transfer requests may be submitted to
The Assistant Director for
Classification and Records
Attn: Hardship Transfer
P.O. Box 99
Huntsville, Texas 77342-0099

♦ Requests must come from an immediate family member. Immediate family is defined as natural or adoptive mother and stepmother; natural or adoptive father and stepfather; natural or adoptive children or stepchildren; natural or adoptive stepsiblings; spouse (common law or ceremonial); grandparents and grandchildren; persons related by marriage; aunt or uncle; or foster parents, the guardian of an offender’s minor child, to include parent of the child.

♦ Requests made on medical hardship must pertain to a family member and documentation from the attending physician of the family member’s inability to travel long distance is required. Such documentation should be on the physician’s letterhead and signed by the physician.

♦ The offender’s currently assigned facility must be greater than 200 miles from the requested area.

♦ Prison sentenced offenders should be Line Class I or higher.

♦ Offenders who are G4 or a more restrictive custody are ineligible unless the G4 custody is due to a security precaution designator.

♦ Prison sentenced offenders should have no major disciplinary convictions for the preceding twelve months.