AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) said it was implementing an immediate lockdown and comprehensive search of all correctional facilities within TDCJ. On Wednesday, the ...
File: female prisoners line up inside a state jail. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced Wednesday that the agency implemented a statewide lockdown and search of all of its correctional ...
"Additionally, this year, the number of inmate-on-inmate homicides has increased," according to the TDCJ. "It is believed that most of the incidents are tied back to illegal drugs." One of the major ...
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KTRK) -- Gonzalo Lopez took advantage of an undermanned security force, as well as lapses in the security system, to make his escape from the Texas prison transport bus that was ...
BRAZORIA COUNTY, Texas -- A convicted sex offender who escaped from a prison outside Houston was captured about 40 miles away, officials said. The Brazoria County Sheriff's Office announced the arrest ...
HOUSTON - The Texas Department of Criminal Justice admits they have no idea if the five inmates are dead or alive or where ...
The TDCJ doesn’t want to release information on the size of the death penalty drug stockpile at the state’s disposal, because, as Allan Turner of the Houston Chronicle reports, the department believes ...