Jacolby Shawn Smith-Barber was taken into custody on Feb. 6 on a charge of prohibited substance in a correctional facility.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced the expansion of its Virtual Court Program, a groundbreaking initiative that leverages technology to modernize justice administration within the ...

According to Tyler Police Department spokesperson Andy Erbaugh, the Tyler Police Department was called to TDCJ to assist with finding the suspect, who was a failure to appear warrant. Officers are ...

A TDCJ spokesperson told 3NEWS this is the second planned contraband interception at the McConnell Unit in the past few days. A visitor was arrested after the department and OIG learned she was ...

ABILENE, Texas — An inmate has recently transformed the visitation area at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice French Robertson Unit in Abilene. Michael Wood, an inmate and artist ...

Texas will put to death on Wednesday a man convicted of the brutal 2011 killing of a Dallas-area pastor in his own church ...

The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission recommended Wednesday for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to close some correctional facilities with staffing challenges. (Maria Crane/The Texas ...

O’Daniel Unit prison in Gatesville ... according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s website. With her glamorous outfits and powerful voice, Pérez was best known for her hit ...

Each unit has a map specific to it, based on the university-wide map. Unit and division-specific maps were developed through the following steps: Filling in the attributes. Matching up each attribute ...

The commission, which reviews the performance of Texas agencies, voted Wednesday to recommend the Legislature pass bills addressing multiple issues at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and ...

A Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas area pastor in his own church during a robbery was facing execution ...