The five bills that would require complete air conditioning in state prisons haven’t had a hearing yet, and the money set for ...

Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and ...

On Wednesday, April 9, law enforcement officers served seven felony arrest warrants related to an alleged conspiracy among correctional staff and others to introduce contraband into the Barry B.

A man from Orange, Texas, is set to serve several years in federal prison for kidnapping an attorney at gunpoint who defended ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice confirmed the Gatesville Board made the decision. The board is part of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. Marsha Moberly is the chair of the ...

The Justice Department quietly decided in the final weeks of the Biden administration not to prosecute Texas Attorney General ...

(England’s transfer was “unrelated to complaints,” Amanda Hernandez, a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice told the Texas Observer via email.) In my cell upstairs ...

He was then sentenced to 10 years of confinement in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison. More information on Trejo’s capture can be found here. Funded by the Governor’s Public ...

SB 1 includes $9.8 billion for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, an increase of 13% over last cycle, and nearly $1 billion to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. The bill includes $35.8 ...

The Department of Criminal Justice actively opposes the systemic racism, violence and human rights abuses that plague our nation. Read the full DEI statement. Criminal justice students examine the ...