Separated from the general prison population, Texas death row inmates spend at least 22 hours a day alone in their cells.
LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is taking swift and immediate action to address a rise in dangerous contraband and drug-related inmate homicides. Over ...
A rise in homicides among inmates in Texas prisons prompted a statewide lockdown on Wednesday, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The department said this is to combat the rise in ...
BRAZORIA COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is searching for an inmate who escaped the Clemens Unit located in Brazoria, Texas. Officials are searching for 39-year-old ...
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 ...
Multiple Texas prisons are almost impossible to staff, and the agency responsible for more than 100,000 inmates currently isn't set up to address it. That and other critiques were levied against the ...
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has banned yet another book in its prisons. Except this time, it was written by inmates themselves. TEXAS LETTERS, an ongoing anthology of letters ...
Two corrections at the Clements Unit were arrested in connection with the death of an inmate.Crystal West is charged with manslaughter. Lt. William Romero is ch ...