A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% ...

The Texas Legislature should give great weight to a series of recommendations aimed at improving the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Among them is ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDJC) broke ground on their 64,000 square feet training facility on Thursday. The new Huntsville training facility is expected to be completed in summer 2026 ...

GATESVILLE, Texas (KWTX) - The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is welcoming people inside the correctional facilities in Gatesville through its new Citizens’ Academy Program. “It’s ...

The latest Texas Department Of Criminal Justice news from The Texas Tribune. By Pooja Salhotra Feb. 6, 2025 Faced with more immediate funding needs, state officials haven’t asked for more money ...

Faced with more immediate funding needs, state officials haven’t asked for more money for rehabilitation programs, such as ...

It’s not the most typical classroom, but University of North Texas criminal justice students said that sharing a class with ...

Wallace retired after working within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for 28 years. He began his career on death row at 20 years old as a correctional officer and retired in 2020 as a ...

This is a follow-up in our KCBD Investigates series on the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The Texas Sunset Advisory Committee made that recommendation to the legislature on Wednesday morning.

Prison violence remains a significant yet underreported issue in the U.S. criminal justice system, leading to unsafe conditions for both incarcerated persons and staff. To address this pressing ...

(The Texas Tribune) — The Texas agency that manages the state’s prisons and jails should close correctional ... issues at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and several other state ...