ABILENE, Texas — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said the spike in COVID-19 cases at the Middleton Unit in Abilene is due to mass testing. On Wednesday, casesnearly doubled, jumping from 65 ...

WOODVILLE, Texas — Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials are investigating the death of a 61-year-old inmate in Woodville. Correctional officers discovered Jimmy White, 61, in his cell in 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 ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is reporting 13 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus among employees, staff and contractors and three among offenders. A laundry supervisor at the Murray ...

PALESTINE, Texas (KLTV) - As of Thursday evening, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Beto Unit in Palestine had 128 inmates who tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. Fifteen employees and ...

BRAZORIA COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- The jobs may not be easy, but they play a critical role in keeping communities safe, and despite a bump in pay, a quarter of them remain vacant. A recent report shows ...

UPDATE: The Texas Department of Criminal Justice reported Tuesday morning that water and water pressure has been restored at the George Beto Unit state prison in Tennessee Colony near Palestine. One ...

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced that the Clements Unit is locked down. According to TDCJ, the lockdown aims to address a recent surge in dangerous ...

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas -- The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is moving to fire seven employees for failing to check on a 16-year-old boy who died by suicide last month, according to a prison ...

NAVASOTA, Texas (KBTX) - The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says on January 9, an employee at the Luther Unit was arrested after bringing contraband items into the facility. TDCJ says Benson Lu ...

LOVELADY, Texas (KTRE) - A Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) employee assigned to the Eastham Unit in Lovelady has died following a battle with COVID-19. The Texas Department of Criminal ...