Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Satellite Campus

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Satellite Campus is an instructional site located in Tennessee Colony, Texas. This site facilitates postsecondary education and workforce training programs delivered to incarcerated individuals within TDCJ facilities in the Tennessee Colony area. Institutions of this type appear in IPEDS records as correctional education sites. Enrollment and completion data are not separately reported in current IPEDS records for this site.

Specific program offerings at this satellite campus are not listed in available IPEDS data. Correctional education sites of this type typically offer coursework through partnerships with accredited community colleges or universities, providing incarcerated students with access to vocational certificates, associate degrees, or workforce readiness training in fields such as welding, HVAC, culinary arts, or business.

Tennessee Colony is an unincorporated community in Anderson County in East Texas and is home to several large TDCJ prison units. Educational programming at this site supports reentry preparation and reduces recidivism by equipping individuals with marketable credentials before their release.