{"id":10464,"date":"2026-10-23T19:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T19:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/?p=10464"},"modified":"2026-10-25T15:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T15:11:16","slug":"estes-fall-2026-graduation-update-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/2026\/10\/23\/estes-fall-2026-graduation-update-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Estes Fall 2026 Graduation Update #5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear PEP Graduation Guests,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The guys are SO excited! Here are a few last-minute notes about Friday\u2019s ceremony:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Estes Unit address is\u00a0<strong>1100 FM 1807 in Venus, TX<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 please eat lunch and use the facilities prior to your arrival<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remember to bring your\u00a0<strong>most patient, positive self to check-in on Friday<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the security staff is just doing their job &#8230; and while I know how excited y&#8217;all are, please don\u2019t stand in line for more than\u00a05\u00a0minutes before your\u00a0<strong>assigned check-in time<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Parking info<\/strong>: guest parking is on the left-hand side of the Estes parking lot<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>If you have any metal in your body<\/strong>, please bring your doctor&#8217;s note in with you \u2013 otherwise, you will be subject to a much more thorough and time-consuming screening if you set off the metal detector<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dress code matters!\u00a0<\/strong>If\u00a0you don\u2019t want to be either sent away or forced to wear the ugliest, most hideous artist smock for the day (includes during pictures),\u00a0<strong>leave the flipflops and short skirts at home<\/strong>\u00a0and dress in a way that covers your body:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Men<\/strong>: this means no shorts or muscle shirts; also, no shirts with advertising on them, please<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ladies<\/strong>: the Estes Unit is an all-male prison, and since men are enticed by pretty ladies, please do\u00a0NOT\u00a0wear revealing clothing \u2013 this is for your loved one\u2019s sake!\u00a0<strong>Here&#8217;s the deal:<\/strong>\u00a0if a guard says you are showing too much skin (leg, belly, cleavage, booty), the guard gets to decide whether to send you home or provide you with the absolute worst-looking smock ever to wear over your outfit for the entire event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have&nbsp;<strong>any questions<\/strong>, please check here first:&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/graduation-2\/grad-details\/\">https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/graduation-2\/grad-details\/<\/a><\/strong><strong>.&nbsp;<\/strong>If your question isn\u2019t covered there, please let me know so we can clear things up as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IF YOU KNOW YOU WON\u2019T MAKE IT, please let me know ASAP<\/strong>&nbsp;if you haven\u2019t told me already (so we don&#8217;t keep staff in the parking lot waiting for you to check-in).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks so much for making the time \u2013 safe travels, and I\u2019ll see you on Friday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blessings,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laura<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear PEP Graduation Guests, The guys are SO excited! Here are a few last-minute notes about Friday\u2019s ceremony: If you have&nbsp;any questions, please check here first:&nbsp;https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/graduation-2\/grad-details\/.&nbsp;If your question isn\u2019t covered there, please let me know so we can clear things up as quickly as possible. IF YOU KNOW YOU WON\u2019T MAKE IT, please let me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10465,"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10464\/revisions\/10465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}