State officials are investigating the death of a Texas prison inmate who died last week after being hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice ...

SMITH COUNTY, Texas (KETK)– A former Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) correctional officer pleaded guilty to bribery on Tuesday after she attempted to bring illegal drugs into the prison.

Arguments have concluded in a trial that could require Texas to provide air conditioning at more than 100 prisons statewide. A two-week trial over the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's rollout of ...

WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KFDA) - A judge sentenced a Wichita Falls woman to six years in prison for mailing drugs into Texas Department of Criminal Justice Units concealed in bibles. According to a news ...

This is the latest chapter in the story of a 46-year-old mall on life support. Northern Kentucky man accused of abusing missing teen girl found at his home A Northern Kentucky man is in jail, accused ...

Current and former heads of Texas’ prison system defended asking for lesser amounts to air-condition facilities during a federal trial on extreme heat in TDCJ facilities. To cool the state’s entire ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Seven people are behind bars after the Texas Office of Inspector General (OIG) said they were involved in a large-scale scheme to smuggle drugs and cell phones into a prison in ...

TENNESSEE COLONY, Texas — Seven people have been arrested in connection with a large-scale contraband smuggling operation at a Texas prison, including three suspects from the Houston area, according ...

AUSTIN, Texas — THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – To cool the state’s entire prison system, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has said it would cost more than $1 billion. But so far, TDCJ has not asked the ...

Pictured is the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Hospital in Galveston. Two correctional officers at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Hospital in Galveston have been placed on unpaid leave ...

GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Two correctional officers in Galveston County have been relieved of duty after two female inmates accused them of sexual assault, according to the Texas Department of ...