This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Matthew Lee Johnson, who was sentenced to death for a convenience store robbery in which he set an elderly clerk on ...

The bill mandates that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice purchase and install climate control systems to ensure temperatures are maintained between 65 and 85 degrees in certain areas.

Fans hang in a hall's corner at Louie C. Powledge Unit, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men located in Anderson County in Palestine, TX on Thursday, October 21, 2021. Lawmakers ...

King. He was just 15 years old when he died in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). Under the detention of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) since age 11 ...

I commend the criminal justice faculty and Department Chair Dr. Brian Donavant for creatively redesigning the program to better meet regional and national needs.” Bain-Selbo said reducing a ...

There are currently no other executions scheduled by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice this year. The Texas Attorney General’s Office sought the execution date after the U.S. Supreme ...

The Hillsboro Department of Public Safety says an inmate in custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice called in a bomb threat to the Hillsboro Elementary School on Monday. Police say a ...

The convicted El Paso Walmart shooter has been transferred from the El Paso County Jail to a Texas state prison. The transfer took place on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, with the gunman being flown to a ...

That's really impactful," said Amanda Hernandez, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice director of communications. Each inmate in the program will choose a book and then sit in with a volunteer ...