Daniel Unit

A TDCJ prison near Snyder, on the West Texas South Plains.

Overview

The Daniel Unit is a men’s TDCJ prison near Snyder in Scurry County, on the West Texas South Plains between Abilene and Lubbock. TDCJ records the facility’s official name as the Price Daniel Unit and lists it at about 880 beds.

Two facts shape almost everything about visiting here: the unit’s rural West Texas location and the distance families travel from the nearest cities.

What Makes Daniel Unit Different

• Located on the West Texas South Plains near Snyder, roughly between Abilene to the east and Lubbock to the northwest, so visitors typically arrive from one of those metro areas rather than from a nearby town
• TDCJ records the facility’s official name as the Price Daniel Unit; the inmate locator and unit directory use that name
• Houses a mix of custody levels, so the visiting format follows the incarcerated person’s classification rather than one unit-wide rule
• Sits in a sparsely populated part of the state, with services thinning out away from Snyder

Visiting Hours and Procedures

The statewide rules above — approval, ID, prohibited items, and dress code — apply at Daniel Unit. What follows is specific to this unit.

TDCJ uses a standard weekend visitation schedule across its units, with visits on Saturdays and Sundays. A visit is generally one two-hour session per weekend. Whether that visit is contact or non-contact follows the incarcerated person’s custody and housing status rather than a single unit-wide rule, so two families arriving the same morning may have different formats.

Visits are scheduled through the TDCJ Online Visitation Portal, which shows the current day, time slot, and format available for a given incarcerated person. Posted hours and time slots can change, and the portal reflects the unit’s current schedule.

Getting There and Parking

The Daniel Unit is in a rural part of Scurry County near Snyder. Most visitors drive in from Snyder itself or from one of the larger cities in the region.

There is no fixed-route bus to the unit, so the trip is by car.

The nearest hospital with a 24-hour emergency room is in Snyder; Cogdell Memorial Hospital in Snyder operates an emergency room, and Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital in Sweetwater is another 24-hour option to the east.

Phones, Mail, and Video

Contact has a sequence to it. A phone number must be on the incarcerated person’s approved contact list before calls can connect, and after intake or a transfer that approval can take time to process. Calls are placed by the incarcerated person on TDCJ’s Securus phone system; a prison cannot be called into. Account setup, rates, and video options are covered in Phone & Video Calls.

Nearby Services

Snyder is the nearest service center for gas, food, groceries, and lodging, and options thin out away from town. Hotel sites list chain properties in Snyder, including Hampton Inn & Suites Snyder and Holiday Inn Express Snyder.

For support beyond the unit itself, the Texas Inmate Families Association is a statewide nonprofit focused on education, advocacy, and prison-system navigation resources for families with someone in TDCJ custody.

Learn More

For detailed information about visiting and communicating with someone at a Texas state prison:

• Visiting in Texas — TDCJ approval process, dress code, scheduling
• Mail & Packages — what you can send and what gets rejected
• Phone & Video Calls — Securus accounts, call costs, video visits
• Sending Money — how to add funds to a TDCJ trust account
• Medical & Mental Health — healthcare in TDCJ facilities
• Transfers — what happens during transfers