For a third consecutive time, a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning has likely died in the Texas Senate.

Lawmakers passed 79-39 House Bill 3006 by Terry Canales, D-Edinburg. If the Legislature or the federal government allocates ...

staff suggested TDCJ expand the well-staffed facilities. TDCJ Parole Officer Staffing Crisis The staffing crisis extends to parole officers who supervise releasees in Texas communities and several ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KBTX) -An inmate’s recent escape from the Huntsville Unit has sparked questions about the communication between the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and local ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Construction is underway on air conditioning projects in five additional facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, intended to cool more inmates and ...

BRAZORIA COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- The jobs may not be easy ... If you knew there wasn't enough staff, then you should shut down and decrease TDCJ units." TDCJ insists it's working to change ...

Coffield is one of 14 prisons with no air-conditioning in its housing areas, and 55 units only have partial AC in housing areas, according to data from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ).

The lockdown applies to all 98 facilities within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, including psychiatric and substance abuse facilities. In a statement, the department said it will limit ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice on Wednesday placed all of its facilities under lockdown, using new measures they say are in response to rising violence tied to illegal drugs within the ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced Wednesday that facilities statewide will be locked down shortly after 9 a.m. In an email from TDCJ Volunteer Services, officials said the ...

When you drive up to the Torres Unit in Hondo ... A representative with TDCJ says none were fatal. But the Texas Tribune reported this month that at least nine prisoners have died since mid ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice confirmed Thursday the agency has been directed by Gov. Greg Abbott to move prisoners from the Briscoe Unit in Dilley to make room for ...