ABILENE, Texas — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said the spike in COVID-19 cases at the Middleton Unit in Abilene is due to mass testing. On Wednesday, casesnearly doubled, jumping from 65 ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice confirmed Thursday the agency has been directed by Gov. Greg Abbott to move prisoners from the Briscoe Unit in Dilley to make room for ...

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced that the Clements Unit is locked down. According to TDCJ, the lockdown aims to address a recent surge in dangerous ...

UPDATE: The Texas Department of Criminal Justice reported Tuesday morning that water and water pressure has been restored at the George Beto Unit state prison in Tennessee Colony near Palestine. One ...

PALESTINE, Texas (KLTV) - As of Thursday evening, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Beto Unit in Palestine had 128 inmates who tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. Fifteen employees and ...

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HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KBTX) -Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate Jesus Villarreal, 39, who escaped from the Huntsville Unit on Sunday, has been captured in Calallen, Texas, approximately 230 ...

NAVASOTA, Texas (KBTX) - The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says on January 9, an employee at the Luther Unit was arrested after bringing contraband items into the facility. TDCJ says Benson Lu ...

LOVELADY, Texas (KTRE) - The Texas Board of Criminal Justice voted Friday morning to rename the Eastham Unit which will become the J. Dale Wainwright Unit. The over 12,000-acre prison campus with 283 ...

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 ...

LOVELADY, Texas (KTRE) - A Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) employee assigned to the Eastham Unit in Lovelady has died following a battle with COVID-19. The Texas Department of Criminal ...