With summer temps soaring, Texas prisons rely on cool beds, AC units, and heat protocols—after a judge called current ...

State officials are investigating the death of a 31-year-old Allred unit inmate over the weekend, an official said.

LAMESA, Texas (KCBD) - The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says a water outage started on June 12 at the Preston E. Smith Unit in Lamesa. According to TDCJ, they began repairs with the city ...

The Texas Rangers entered 2025 looking to the offense to be their strength. To this point, another unit has been the clear reason they are still afloat.

Nine inmates at the Telford Unit face new charges related to organized criminal activity, according to a TDCJ investigation.

Texas has more than 130,000 people incarcerated in state prisons – the highest prison population of any state. An internal investigation, which examined record-keeping at the Mark W. Stiles Unit in ...

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The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has responded to a reported lack of water at the George Beto Unit state prison in Tennessee Colony near Palestine.

Gerald Goines, the former Houston Police Department narcotics officer convicted and sentenced to 60 years for his involvement in the 2019 Harding Street raid that led to the deaths of Dennis ...

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 ...

Environmental Justice Rosharon area residents voice opposition to proposed rock crushing plant Texas Commission on Environmental Quality held a meeting Tuesday to hear public comments on a permit ...