KCBD

TDCJ announces lockdown measures in response to rising violence within prison units

LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is taking swift and immediate action to address a rise in dangerous contraband and drug-related inmate homicides. Over ...
KXAN

TDCJ on lockdown to search facilities after increase in contraband, inmate deaths

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 ...
abc13

16 inmate-on-inmate homicides this year in Texas prisons prompts systemwide lockdown, TDCJ says

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 ...
KSAT

TDCJ issues immediate lockdown, search of all correctional facilities

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 ...
abc13

TDCJ searching for inmate serving life in prison who escaped from Brazoria County facility Sunday

BRAZORIA COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is searching for an inmate who escaped the Clemens Unit located in Brazoria, Texas. Officials are searching for 39-year-old ...
ABC 7 Chicago

TDCJ inmate search: Texas convicted sex offender escaped prison using employee badge mother gave him

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 ...
KSAT

Texas prison system issues statewide lockdown to combat illegal drugs, inmate violence

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice William G. McConnell Unit at Chase Field in Beeville in 2013. (Jennifer Whitney For The Texas Tribune, Jennifer Whitney For The Texas Tribune) Sign up for The ...
Houston Public Media

Two more inmate deaths inside the Harris County Jail were reported this week

Two more inmates died inside the Harris County Jail this week, according to a spokesperson for the Harris County Sheriff’s ...
WFAA8

Escaped Huntsville Unit inmate caught nearly 275 miles away from prison he fled from, TDCJ says | Woman also arrested

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said an inmate who escaped from the Huntsville Unit early Sunday morning has been taken back into custody in Calallen, which is west of ...
KLTV

TDCJ searching for escaped inmate from Clemens Unit in Brazoria

BRAZORIA, Texas (KLTV) - The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is searching for a convicted sexual abuse inmate who escaped the Clemens Unit in Brazoria. The escapee, Robert Yancy, 39, was last ...
Yahoo

These Texas Inmates Wrote a Book. Then the Prison System Banned It.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has banned yet another book in its prisons. Except this time, it was written by inmates themselves. TEXAS LETTERS, an ongoing anthology of letters ...