C.F. Hazlewood, Jr. Director |
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The division is managed by a division director, a deputy director and three assistant directors that oversee Transportation and Supply, Texas Correctional Industries (TCI) and Financial Operations. Transportation & Supply has 18 facilities and TCI has 37 facilities, which includes two outside sales warehouses and four training facilities.
The Manufacturing and Logistics Division (M&L) consists of Financial Operations, Operational Support, Planning and Research, Texas Correctional Industries and Transportation and Supply.
Financial Operations is comprised of the M&L Information Technology Department, the Financial Support Office (FSO), the M&L Business Office and the Prison Industry Enhancement (PIE) Certification Program. The M&L Information Technology Department provides automated information services, maintains the TCI website, administers the TMW dispatch system and assists more than 600 division users, both in the field and through remote access. The FSO is located at the Wynne Unit and is the data center for TCI. The FSO is responsible for compiling massive amounts of data to produce the monthly TCI Financial Report and the annual budget. The FSO also provides information to factories, M&L management and TDCJ administration, which is utilized to make sound business decisions. The Business Office provides division budget oversight, purchasing approvals and specifications, credit card monitoring, accounts receivable collections, JD Edwards data controls and general accounting. The PIE program administrator acts as the liaison between unit administration and a private business located on a correctional facility. The administrator monitors the program to ensure compliance with state and federal guidelines.
Operational Support provides human resources services to M&L.
Planning & Research provides support to the division. The department compiles and provides accurate and consistent information about the division for various publications, presentations and webpages, coordinates the development and maintenance of policies to be placed in the M&L Operations Manual, develops division publications, conducts legislative impact analysis, coordinates and monitors various division responsibilities, and provides technical assistance when needed.
Texas Correctional Industries Website
TCI consists of six divisions: Garment, Graphics, Furniture, Metal, Marketing & Distribution and Offender Work & Training Programs. Established in 1963 with the passage of Senate Bill 338, the Prison Made Goods Act, TCI manufactures goods and provides services to state and local government agencies, political subdivisions, public educational systems and private and public institutions of higher education. The Garment Division has 14 facilities that manufacture items such as shirts, pants, coats, shoes, sheets, pillows, and mattresses. The Graphics Division has seven facilities that create items including signs, stickers, printed materials, janitorial supplies, soap and detergent, and license plates. The Furniture Division has four facilities that build a variety of office/institutional furniture and modular systems. The Metal Division maintains six facilities that manufacture items such as stainless steel goods, signs, and park equipment, dump beds and trailers. The Marketing & Distribution Division develops the marketing strategy, organizes TCI’s participation in conventions, handles customer service and maintains the Austin and Huntsville showrooms and warehouses. The Offender Work & Training Programs Division manages M&L’s designated training facilities (Daniel Computer Recovery, Ferguson Geographic Information Systems, Wynne Computer Recovery and Mt. View Braille) and is responsible for:
Transportation and Supply is comprised of three divisions: Fleet, Freight Transportation and Warehousing & Supply.
Fleet has four facilities and is responsible for the management and supervision of TDCJ transportation and mechanical operations, planning and forecasting equipment needs and managing the acquisition and maintenance service of TDCJ vehicles, trailers and equipment. Fleet provides transportation through motor pools or vehicle assignments to TDCJ staff, and oversees the disposal of salvage vehicles.
Freight Transportation has four terminals and two diesel mechanic shops and is responsible for transporting goods, planning shipping and distribution requirements for TDCJ, providing safety education training for employees and offenders, and coordinating shipping, transporting and receipt of goods with customers. Freight Transportation also provides maintenance services for offender transport buses and emergency wrecker services to TDCJ.
Warehousing & Supply has eight facilities and is responsible for managing the annual distribution of supplies, including dry, cold and frozen food, Texas Correctional Industries’ produced goods, Agribusiness, Land & Minerals Division produced goods, Facilities Division construction and maintenance supplies, and general consumable goods, while optimizing the TDCJ’s appropriated budget.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Manufacturing & Logistics
P.O. Box 4013
Huntsville, Texas 77342-4013
(936) 437-6048
September 19, 2011
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