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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ABILENE, Texas — A list obtained by KTXS from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) said that 51 French Robertson Unit staff members were disciplined and one of those staff members was fired ...

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 ...

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 ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — A Southeast Texas correctional officer who had just begun her career in January has become the latest TDCJ employee to die in connection to the coronavirus. Tracey Adams, 45, died ...

BRAZORIA, Texas (KLTV) - The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is searching for a convicted sexual abuse inmate who escaped the Clemens Unit in Brazoria. The escapee, Robert Yancy, 39, was last ...

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 ...