The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, or TDCJ, will take control and staff two prisons in Central Texas later this year ...

The families of Jon Southards, Elizabeth Hagerty and John Skinner are suing the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in ...

New plaintiffs have expanded a 2023 lawsuit against TDCJ, accusing the agency of “cooking [prisoners] to death." Skip to content. ... (TDCJ) to cap prison temperatures at 85 degrees.

Jovian Motley, 27, died during a tussle inside of a prison cell in the Wainwright Unit in Lovelady, about 20 miles north of ...

TDCJ: Prison employee at Luther Unit arrested The arrest comes less than a month after prison officials found a stash of drugs and phones near the prison unit in Navasota.

At least 32 inmates died in TDCJ prisons in total during the month of June. The department has not reported a heat-related death since 2012, but the last deadly week has reignited concerns of heat … ...

Texas News A prison guard says she was forced to stay at her post during labor pains. Texas is fighting compensation for her stillbirth.

23-year-old dies of cardiac arrest in TDCJ prison On June 28, 36-year-old Jon Anthony Southards died at the same unit. He was found unresponsive in his cell after complaining repeatedly of ...

Garrett, who has served about 30 years in TDCJ, alleges in a lawsuit he first filed 11 years ago that the schedule violates his Eighth Amendment right, which bars the state from inflicting cruel ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KBTX) - A TDCJ officer is facing charges for bringing contraband into a prison. Officials say Bryce Jefferson was caught with 12 cans of tobacco inside his jacket and uniform ...

About 655 inmates were evacuated from their cells when a fire erupted early Friday morning at the state prison in Huntsville, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ).