Please note that unit security or staffing issues can override this timeframe. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) announce Saturday that two employees have died from what appears to be COVID-19. COVID-19 TDCJ Update Friday, June 12, 2020. John V. Coffield, who devoted his more than six decades as a priest to social activism on behalf of the poor and disenfranchised, even at ⦠The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is grieving the loss of an employee that is connected to the COVID-19 virus. 61-year-old Correctional Officer IV Lebouath Boua had 4 years of service with TDCJ and was assigned to the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony. Richard Holley, 62, had 24 years of service with TDCJ, and for the last six years, he was assigned to the Goodman Unit in Jasper. The Michael Unit, next to Coffield prison in Anderson County, reported zero inmates with active cases of the virus Monday, with 429 men having recovered from it. Sgt. The survivors of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, spoke about their struggles in the hospital, days on ventilators and eventually learning they had recovered. After testing positive for COVID ⦠In the same county, Michael and Coffield prisons were both under 60% staffed, with a shortage of about 235 and 340 officers, respectively, according to the state report. Unit Full Name: H. H. Coffield Unit: Unit Address and Phone Number: 2661 FM 2054, Tennessee Colony, TX 75884 (903) 928-2211 (**006) Unit Location: Five miles southwest of Tennessee Colony on FM 2054 in Anderson County 54-year-old Correctional Officer V Thomas Ogungbireâs death is currently under investigation. The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 583,000 people worldwide.. Over 13.5 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by ⦠Ogungbire called in sick to the Hutchins State Jail in Dallas on April 14, 2020. He last worked there on July 10, 2020 and tested positive for COVID-19 on July 18, 2020. Retired Msgr. Since the start of the pandemic nearly 10 months ago, more than 27,000 inmates and 7,700 staff members and officers in the 100-plus-unit Texas prison system have contracted COVID-19. Make a deposit into their Trust Fund account (deposited into offenderâs account within two business days after TDCJ receives the order) You are not required to make a purchase and a deposit at the same time.