O'Daniel Unit Release Paths
Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit is a TDCJ prison, not part of the Coryell County Jail. A person who leaves this unit may enter parole or mandatory supervision, remain in legal custody under supervision, or reach discharge at the end of the sentence. Those results carry different meanings. Parole follows a discretionary Board decision. Mandatory supervision follows a separate Texas statutory path. Discharge means incarceration and any attached parole or mandatory supervision have ended.
Movement to another TDCJ unit is not a community exit. Court action, a detainer, sentence recalculation, or a release plan can also affect what occurs after a date first appears. Confirm the completed event in the person-specific state record. The county jail roster is not a history of O'Daniel confinement and cannot verify an O'Daniel release.
Confirm an O'Daniel Release
Begin with the official TDCJ offender search. The seven-digit TDCJ number or SID number is the best key. A name search can work, but matching first and last name alone risks selecting the wrong person. Compare the listed identifiers, age, offense, conviction county, court, and unit before reading any date as relevant.
Use a short verification chain:
- Search by TDCJ or SID number when either is known.
- Confirm that the result belongs to the right person and note the current or last unit.
- Distinguish Projected Release Date from any Scheduled Release Date and Scheduled Release Location.
- After the expected exit, check the status for parole, mandatory supervision, or discharge.
- Request the official release record when the online fields do not settle the event.
The Coryell County released-inmate lookup explains why state, county, and federal records must stay separate. For this facility, TDCJ is the agency that owns the prison event.
O'Daniel Projected Release Limits
A Projected Release Date is a conditional calculation from TDCJ Classification and Records. It reflects the date incarceration is expected to end if parole does not happen sooner, based on the offense and sentence data then available. It can change. The field is not proof of a Board vote, an approved plan, a gate time, or completed departure.
After a favorable decision and an audit, Scheduled Release Date and Scheduled Release Location may appear. Even those fields should be checked after the date passes. A program condition, hold, revised judgment, court action, or record correction may change the path. The final status and release paperwork carry more weight than an old projected date.
| Record item | What it indicates | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Current unit | Listed TDCJ placement | Not a release event |
| Projected Release Date | Conditional calculation | May change |
| Scheduled Release Date | Audited release plan | Not proof of exit |
| Scheduled Release Location | Planned processing point | Not a later home address |
| Supervision or discharge | Status after physical exit | Must match the correct person |
O'Daniel Records and Contact
The unit can address facility operations, but TDCJ maintains offender and release records. General offender information is available by telephone at 936-295-6371 or 800-535-0283 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. A caller without a TDCJ or SID number needs the exact date of birth. The free email-information route can return incarceration and offense information and a projected date, but it does not supply photographs.
Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit
Operator: TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division
Unit code: MV
Address: 2305 Ransom Road, Gatesville, TX 76528
Phone: 254-865-7226
For a historical event, ask the TDCJ Office of General Counsel for existing records. A focused request can identify the full name, date of birth, TDCJ or SID number, date range, actual release date, release type, release certificate, scheduled release location, and public supervision or discharge status. TDCJ accepts public-information requests online, by email at PIA@tdcj.texas.gov, by mail, or by hand delivery.
O'Daniel and Mountain View
The current official name is Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit. Older records and search results may call the same institution Mountain View Unit. TDCJ retained the unit code MV. That code is a useful bridge when a family record, court document, or old news item uses the prior name, but current copy and requests should lead with Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit.
A name difference is not evidence of a transfer. First compare the address, unit code, person identifier, and dates. A document that says Mountain View and a current TDCJ result that says O'Daniel may refer to the same Gatesville institution. By contrast, a change to Crain, Hilltop, Hughes, Murray, or Woodman is a change of unit and remains state custody unless a release record says otherwise.
O'Daniel Eligibility Requires Caution
The official unit profile lists custody levels G1 through G5, security detention, and a death-row function. Those institutional facts make broad claims about release especially unsafe. Eligibility depends on the individual conviction, sentence, governing law, credit rules, court action, and any Board decision. Neither placement at O'Daniel nor a program entry establishes that parole or another release route is available.
Use exact-person records. A Board vote can be relevant for an eligible case, while court relief may control a different case. Some records may show a projected date without supporting the conclusion a person will leave on that day. Where the sentence or legal status is unclear, preserve that uncertainty and request the actual calculation or release documentation. Facility capacity and custody level describe the prison, not a person's chance of release.
- Parole
- Conditional release after a Board decision, with supervision still in force.
- Mandatory supervision
- A separate supervised-release form governed by the applicable Texas rules.
- Discharge
- Completion of incarceration and all attached supervision.
- Transfer
- Movement between custodians or units without return to the community.
O'Daniel Unit Facility Profile
Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit is a TDCJ Correctional Institutions Division prison for women at Gatesville. The official profile lists a capacity of 644. It also lists G1 through G5 custody, security detention, and death row. Capacity is a design figure. It does not report current population, annual releases, or the number of people eligible for any release path.
The profile is useful for confirming which facility a record names. It is not a substitute for the individual offender detail, Board materials, or completed release certificate. Operational descriptions and personal release status answer different questions.
Coryell's TDCJ Release Landscape
Coryell County contains six TDCJ prisons in addition to its county jail. That concentration produces records for intake, classification, intra-system movement, release processing, and county-jail custody within the same area. Woodman performs female diagnostic intake. Crain performs intake and also serves as a regional release site. O'Daniel carries the legacy MV code. These roles explain why seeing a Gatesville facility name does not by itself tell which direction a person moved.
Follow the individual record through the event. Arrival at Woodman can mark entry into state custody. A move among the six prisons is still confinement. A planned release at Crain is not complete until the record confirms exit. An O'Daniel result needs the same discipline: match the person, read each date by its defined purpose, and verify supervision or discharge afterward.
Note: A Gatesville location can reflect intake, confinement, transfer, or release processing, so the individual TDCJ event controls.