Texas executed Steven Nelson for the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson Wednesday night. It is the second execution of the year in the nation.

4 Special Operations Unit, collaborated in this multi ... sentenced to five years of confinement in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison. In 2011, Alonzo was convicted of failure to ...

Faced with more immediate funding needs, state officials haven’t asked for more money for rehabilitation programs, such as ...

The judge who blocked President Trump's order to end birthright citizenship has put a 14-day restraining order in place while the Justice Department has vowed to "vigorously defend President Trump's ...

according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Another church employee, Judy Elliott, had massive head trauma but was alive. Dobson died at the scene and Elliott was in critical condition.

Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was executed by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville and was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. CST, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice confirmed to ...

A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% staff turnover rate. Audio recording is automated for accessibility.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDJC) broke ground on their 64,000 square feet training facility on Thursday. The new Huntsville training facility is expected to be completed in summer 2026 ...

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(The Texas Tribune) — The Texas agency that manages the state’s prisons and jails should close correctional facilities with staffing challenges and do a better job at supervising inmate ...

“These individual efforts are a consolidated approach to change the culture and future of the agency,” Texas Department of Criminal Justice Executive Director Bryan Collier wrote. The requests ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, for a new state-of-the-art training facility.