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Texas Department of Criminal Justice Hosts Hiring Event in Post, Texas

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) will have a hiring event at the Post Library in Post, Texas, on Aug. 27, from ...
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Texas prison agency names senior official as its next chief

Bobby Lumpkin will be the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s next executive director, leading one of the largest state ...

Most Texas prisons still lack AC - and it's costing people their lives

Another Texas summer is here, and once again, tens of thousands of people incarcerated in Texas prisons are sweltering, and ...
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When will two-thirds of Texas prisoners finally get AC? | The Texas Tribune

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice currently has 48,372 cooled living areas across its facilities, providing climate control to roughly a third of the 137,778 people incarcerated in the ...

West Texas TDCJ warden facing misdemeanor theft, fraud charge after Lubbock Wal-Mart theft

A TDCJ warden from Colorado City was arrested after he was reportedly caught fraudulently changing prices of items he was ...

Texas Takedown Weekly: Gang Leader Removal, Cocaine Trucks, And Child Predator Arrests

Feds say they deported gang leaders, intercepted cocaine hidden inside a truck’s suspension, and apprehended child predators ...

Texas Senate committee to consider bill restricting transgender bathroom access in schools and government buildings

The Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs will meet on Monday to consider SB 7, mandating the bathrooms transgender people ...