James Bradshaw Release Outcomes
James Bradshaw Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Institutions Division facility. The current official listing describes it as a male prison and intermediate sanction facility, often shortened to ISF. An intermediate sanction is a structured placement used in a supervision case. A person may enter Bradshaw because of an alleged or established supervision violation without a new Rusk County jail booking.
Leaving Bradshaw can thus mean several things. A sentenced person may discharge the sentence, begin parole, or enter mandatory supervision. Someone completing an ISF placement may resume the supervision term that already existed. TDCJ may also transfer the person to another unit or a release-processing location. Only the first group has left TDCJ confinement for the community, and even parole or mandatory supervision continues as legal supervision.
Search James Bradshaw Release Records
Begin with the TDCJ online offender search. A TDCJ number is the safest input. The interface also supports name-based searching and may use SID number, gender, and race fields. Open the detail only after matching age or date of birth, conviction county, offense, and sentence. Names can repeat, and one person can have more than one custody episode.
Read the current location, offense information, projected release date, parole eligibility details, and any scheduled release date or location. A projected date is the day Classification and Records currently calculates for leaving incarceration if parole does not occur sooner. It is not proof of release. A scheduled date and place appear later in processing, after an audit, but TDCJ warns that plans can change without notice, even on the expected day.
| TDCJ item | How to read it |
|---|---|
| Current location | Shows the reported unit or status at the record's effective time |
| Projected release date | A calculated future date, not a completed exit |
| Scheduled date/location | A release plan subject to final processing and change |
| Parole review | Decision context, not proof the gate release occurred |
| Offense and county | Identity checks and the sentencing case connection |
Recheck the record after the planned event. An updated location or status is stronger than a date that has passed. The Rusk County InterOp roster is not a Bradshaw database, so failure to find the person there says nothing about this state-system episode.
Confirm James Bradshaw Discharge
If the web detail does not settle the question, use the TDCJ offender-information email service. Send the full name and seven-digit TDCJ number. When the number is unknown, include the exact date of birth or approximate age and county of conviction. Ask whether the record shows transfer, parole, mandatory supervision, or discharge, along with the effective date and current supervision status.
TDCJ says the free information service can supply the TDCJ number, location, current and prior incarceration offenses with court and county, and projected release date. It does not provide photographs or Social Security numbers. For a fuller historical release or discharge record, direct a focused Public Information Act request to the TDCJ records custodian. Identify the person and episode, and request existing release type, effective date, and destination fields.
The sentencing court record adds legal context. A judgment and sentence explain the commitment. Later orders can explain a bench warrant, modification, or other movement. They do not always prove the precise moment of physical departure, so reconcile them with the TDCJ record.
Bradshaw ISF Exit Meaning
Bradshaw's intermediate sanction role makes this page different from an ordinary prison profile. Administrative revocation proceedings address alleged violations after a person has already entered supervision. An outcome can continue supervision with sanctions, place the person in an ISF, or revoke supervision and return the person to prison. Completing the ISF track may restore the person to active supervision without ending the underlying sentence.
For that reason, ask two separate questions: did the person leave Bradshaw, and did the person discharge from TDCJ supervision? The first may be answered by unit movement and release-processing records. The second requires a supervision status or discharge record. Do not treat a blank county jail search as an answer because the county system may never have recorded the ISF stay.
If supervision continues, use the TDCJ Parole Division county cross-reference. Rusk County maps to the Tyler District Parole Office at 3915 Market Drive, Tyler, TX 75701, 903-581-8311. The assigned office can differ based on the approved residence, so provide the TDCJ number and ask whether Tyler is the current supervising office.
Bradshaw Classification Has Changed
Older pages may describe Bradshaw simply as a privately run state jail. The current official Bradshaw listing controls: James Bradshaw Unit, code BH, is listed under TDCJ CID as a prison and intermediate sanction facility. The cited unit page gives a capacity of 1,828. Capacity describes the site, not the current population and not the number of releases.
The classification matters because it identifies the right records. County booking lists document Rusk County Jail episodes. Bradshaw movements live in TDCJ systems. The official unit directory also places East Texas Treatment Facility and B. Moore Unit in Rusk County, but each has its own role. Their physical location does not turn a state placement into a Rusk County criminal case.
Bradshaw Transfers Versus Releases
TDCJ can move a person from Bradshaw to another prison, treatment setting, medical unit, release-processing unit, bench-warrant destination, or detainer. “No longer at Bradshaw” describes location only. Search the statewide detail again before concluding that the person left TDCJ confinement.
A parole approval is also not the gate event. The Board of Pardons and Paroles decides parole matters, while TDCJ completes release planning, records audit, and supervision arrangements. The Board generally reviews an initial case without a formal public hearing. A favorable decision can require program completion before any physical release. Check the latest TDCJ detail and the correct parole office together.
For broader distinctions among the county jail and the three state facilities, the Rusk County release record guide maps each custody level to its proper source.
James Bradshaw Unit Contact
The official facility address is 3900 West Loop 571, Henderson, TX 75652. The unit phone is 903-655-0880. Use the unit for current facility questions, but use TDCJ Offender Information or a records request for a documented release history. Unit staff may not give detailed status information by phone.
3900 West Loop 571
Henderson, TX 75652
903-655-0880
TDCJ CID prison / intermediate sanction facility
Have the full name and TDCJ number ready. State the exact fact being checked, such as present location, release type, effective date, or supervision status. That keeps a location question from being mistaken for a request for confidential case-management information.