The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said Tuesday water has been restored to the Beto Unit in Tennessee Colony. This comes after TDCJ spokesperson Hannah Haney confirmed the previous day that ...

An inmate’s recent escape from the Huntsville Unit has sparked questions about the communication between the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and local authorities, as well as the ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice confirmed Thursday the agency has been directed by Gov. Greg Abbott to move prisoners from the Briscoe Unit in Dilley to make room for ...

Canfield was one of nine horseback officers watching 76 Wynne Unit prisoners work in a nearby onion field that day. The prisoners were originally scheduled to work in an okra field in a different ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) - Body cameras are now required to be worn by all uniformed staff at Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) maximum security prisons. A Polk County unit joins the roll ...

The lawsuit asks the U.S. District Court in Travis County to find the conditions inside uncooled TDCJ prisons unconstitutional and mandate air conditioning to keep temperatures at or below 85 degrees.

TDCJ investigating death of 61-year-old Gib Lewis Unit inmate His cellmate is suspected in his death but no charges have been filed at this time. To stream 12NewsNow on your phone, you need the ...

ABC13 asked the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Clemens Unit how the escape happened, and officials said it took place when Priestle went to visit her son on Sunday.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice confirmed that the incident occurred at the Ramsey Unit in unincorporated Brazoria County. The inmate, according to the department, is serving a life ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A lawsuit has been filed against Travis County, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and the University of Texas Medical Branch over an in-custody death that happened ...

TDCJ officer dies while restraining inmate at the Wainwright Unit in Houston County, department says Officer Jovian Motley, 27, was restraining an inmate when he died, TDCJ said. To stream KHOU 11 ...