โThings need to changeโ: Houston-based nonprofit aims to provide incarcerated youth access to books, learning literature
Once a juvenile faced with a 10-year prison sentence, this activist has now become a change agent in our community by reaching back to help provide books and literature for young people behind bars.
Woman visiting parole office arrested, charged in cold case murder of Liberty County couple; $1M bond set
DNA has connected a Freeport woman to the 2005 double homicide of a couple who was found dead by their daughter inside the familyโs Liberty County home, Texas Department of Public Safety officials said.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick calls on Texas Rangers to investigate how Gonzalo Lopez escaped TDCJ custody, killed family of 5
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called for the Texas Rangers to investigate how Gonzalo Lopez, a convicted murderer, was able to escape Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) custody, elude capture for 21 days, and perpetuate the brutal murder of Mark Collins and his four grandsons on June 2.
TDCJ to resume bus transportation after inmate escaped custody before killing family of 5
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) will resume inmate transportation starting Monday, June 13 after temporarily stopping it to investigate how a convicted murderer escaped from a bus last month and allegedly killed a man and his four grandsons.
Man sentenced to 23 years in TDCJ after attacking bailiff in 2021, documents show
A man who attacked a bailiff in 2021 after receiving a six-year prison sentence will now have to serve at least double that amount of time before he is eligible for parole on new convictions, according to court documents.
Gov. Abbott orders TDCJ to clear out prisoners at state prison to house migrants with low-level offenses
Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to move prisoners from the Briscoe Unit in Dilley to make room for migrants crossing the border unlawfully and who have committed a state or federal crime.
Here are the rules spiritual advisors must follow to be present inside Texas execution chamber
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice released its new protocols for allowing spiritual advisors to be present in the execution chamber at the time of an inmateโs death. This reversal comes two years after TDCJ halted the practice.