Faced with more immediate funding needs, state officials haven’t asked for more money for rehabilitation programs, such as ...

A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% staff turnover rate. Audio recording is automated for accessibility.

Once there, the guards needed a place to stay. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s bill for hotels and travel meals that year came to nearly $14 million – double what it was the year ...

DALLAS – January often inspires many people to pursue passions in the New Year. Darren Wallace shows that age shouldn't stop dreams from becoming a reality. At 54 years old, he is in his second ...

(The Texas Tribune) — The Texas agency that manages the state’s prisons and jails should close correctional facilities with staffing challenges and do a better job at supervising inmate ...

East Carolina University (Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology) is a public institution where all of the online graduate-level criminal justice classes are recorded and archived so that ...

“These individual efforts are a consolidated approach to change the culture and future of the agency,” Texas Department of Criminal Justice Executive Director Bryan Collier wrote. The requests ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has announced the appointment of Daniel Dickerson and L.E. Townsend as deputy ...

Dallas County Sheriff Marian Brown speaks after the Texas Commission on Jail Standards announces to Dallas County commissioners and Sheriff's Department that the Dallas County Jail passed an ...

A man accused of stabbing his girlfriend and then covering her body with tree branches in nearby woods was sentenced on Jan. 13. The Polk County District Attorney’s office said they began to prepare ...

voted Wednesday to recommend the Legislature pass bills addressing multiple issues at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and several other state agencies. Though the commission discussed most ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice bill for hotels and travel meals that year came to nearly $14 million, double what it was the year before. An investigation by the Houston Chronicle found that ...