Polunsky Unit joins TDCJ body camera policy across max security prisons
AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) - Body cameras are now required to be worn by all uniformed staff at Texas Department of Criminal ...
Steven Nelson Final Words Before Texas Execution
Nelson was accused of killing 28-year-old pastor Clinton "Clint" Dobson in 2011. Nelson entered NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington and allegedly attacked Dobson and 69-year-old secretary Judy ...
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Texas should close prisons and jails with staffing challenges, state oversight panel says
The Polunsky Unit on Jan. 31, 2024. The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission recommended Wednesday for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to close some correctional facilities with staffing ...
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A Texas man is executed for the killing of a pastor during a robbery at a church
FILE - Texas death row inmate Steven Lawayne Nelson poses for a photo in a visiting cage at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Polunsky Unit outside Livingston, Texas, on Dec. 5, 2012.