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 ...

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 ...

Jeremy Perkins, 35, has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after being found guilty of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s ...

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 ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KBTX) -Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate Jesus Villarreal, 39, who escaped from the Huntsville Unit on Sunday, has been captured in Calallen, Texas, approximately 230 ...

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 ...

ROSHARON, Texas – Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials captured an inmate on Tuesday who escaped from a prison in Brazoria County. Law enforcement detained Calvin Lee Patterson as he was ...

COLEMAN, Texas (KWTX) - A manhunt was underway for an escaped inmate by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice who escaped Saturday evening. Trent Thompson, 22, was last seen at approximately 11:14 ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KLTV) - According to officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, a contraband investigation led to the arrest not only nine TDCJ inmates, but also of seven TDCJ officers ...