Two Texas Department of Criminal Justice employees were arrested Sunday at the Bill Clements Unit in Amarillo after an inmate ...

Officials with the Potter County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that William Romero and Crystal West are both in protective ...

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 -- 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 ...

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 ...

Explore the detailed 14-day procedure for TX death row inmates, from notification to injection, as outlined in the state’s ...

Aug. 25—The Huntsville Unit, better known as the historic "Walls" Unit, has been standing for 174 years. Around 2:30 a.m. Friday, a fire alarm sounded for smoke showing at the Unit from an unknown ...

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 ...

UPDATE: A 39-year-old prison inmate who escaped authorities on Sunday has been captured. Robert Yancy Jr. was taken into custody around 8 a.m. in Matagorda County. The Texas Department of Criminal ...

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