He was just 15 years old when he died in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice ... SB 1727 ignores the core mission of the justice system for rehabilitation.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...