The portal may help when release documents get stuck in limbo after the sheriff’s office sends them to the state. But the ...

The Dallas County Sheriff's Office and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice created a streamlined inmate pickup program ...

There has been no word from local law enforcement, but the prison watchdog group known as TDCJ Troll is reporting that an ...

A Jasper man who worked as both a TDCJ Officer and Jasper County Sheriff’s Office jailer is behind bars after being accused ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KLTV) - Parole has been denied for a man who pleaded guilty in connection with a triple murder at a Texarkana Outback in 2003. According to TDCJ, Richard Henson, 42, had his parole ...

YOUNG COUNTY (KFDX/KJTL) — Officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice have announced the results of a convicted Texoma killer’s first attempt at being released from prison on parole.

AUSTIN, Texas — THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – To cool the state’s entire prison system, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has said it would cost more than $1 billion. But so far, TDCJ has not asked the ...

Editor’s Note: The above video shows the dash camera video of the collision from the bus driver’s viewpoint. KXAN has removed the audio. AUSTIN (KXAN) — The concrete pump truck driver sentenced to 18 ...

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To cool the state’s entire prison system, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has said it would cost more than $1 billion. But so far, TDCJ has not asked the Legislature for the full funding, ...

Jessica Jackson was supposed to be released from Dallas County Jail in time for the holidays last year. She was arrested in early December for misdemeanor drug possession and violating parole, but was ...