Jacolby Shawn Smith-Barber was taken into custody on Feb. 6 on a charge of prohibited substance in a correctional facility.

O’Daniel Unit about 40 miles west of Waco. “I’m going to be good.” Morgan is one of 30 women who graduated last week from STRIVE, a highly selective, 12-week reentry program the Texas Department of ...

12-week reentry program the Texas Department of Criminal Justice launched in 2019 to help women incarcerated at the Patrick L. O’Daniel Unit (formerly called the Mountain View Unit) address ...

To support these efforts, TDCJ's Administrative Review and Risk Management and Information Technology divisions have equipped unit law libraries with new equipment and expanded broadband access to ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas prison system is making it easier and safer to handle court appearances. On Tuesday, the Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) announced it's expanding a program that ...

Protesters unload signs and speakers outside of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Huntsville unit shortly before Robert Roberson's scheduled execution on October 17, 2024. Hours later ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Deputies arrested a 24-year-old woman on Saturday after they say she crashed into a patrol unit because she was driving drunk in Northeast El Paso. According to ...

The CCIB will oversee six divisions that handle a range of criminal investigations including, the Illegal Assets investigation Unit; Homicide and Organised Crime Investigation Unit; Financial and ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% staff turnover rate. Full Story By Pooja Salhotra Dec. 2, 2024 The Bartlett Unit in Williamson County will house 1,049 male inmates who will ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has sharply stepped back its anti-corruption efforts under President Donald Trump, from loosening enforcement of laws meant to stop ...

In related news, Trump’s Homeland Security Department is looking to deputize officials with the Internal Revenue Service’s criminal unit and other Treasury Department personnel to assist in ...

East Texas Community Health Services is rolling out a mobile health services program with their mobile health unit. CEO Anita Humphreys said they’ve had the truck for six years and typically use ...