BRAZORIA COUNTY, Texas -- A convicted sex offender who escaped from a prison outside Houston was captured about 40 miles away, officials said. The Brazoria County Sheriff's Office announced the arrest ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) said it was implementing an immediate lockdown and comprehensive search of all correctional facilities within TDCJ. On Wednesday, the ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Texas.gov, in partnership with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), launched eCommDirect, a service that lets friends and family shop the TDCJ commissary ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KTRK) -- Gonzalo Lopez took advantage of an undermanned security force, as well as lapses in the security system, to make his escape from the Texas prison transport bus that was ...

File: female prisoners line up inside a state jail. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced Wednesday that the agency implemented a statewide lockdown and search of all of its correctional ...

ROSHARON, Texas – Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials captured an inmate on Tuesday who escaped from a prison in Brazoria County. Law enforcement detained Calvin Lee Patterson as he was ...

if you've never known anyone behind bars, you may not realize that inmates can purchase personal items from the prison commissary through accounts set up by friends and relatives. Commissary items, ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) on Aug. 6 announced it is taking “swift and immediate action” to address a rise in drug-related inmate homicides and, effective ...

A rise in homicides among inmates in Texas prisons prompted a statewide lockdown on Wednesday, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The department said this is to combat the rise in ...

ANGLETON, Texas — Kidanny Robles, 33, has been taken back into custody after escaping a trusty camp in Angleton, Texas Saturday night, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said. TDCJ staff found ...