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

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDJC) broke ground on their 64,000 square feet training facility on Thursday. The new Huntsville training facility is expected to be completed in summer 2026 ...

House Speaker Dustin Burrows today (Thursday) released his list of committee appointments, with Wharton being named to the corrections and insurance committees. The committee on corrections has ...

A former Texas County Sheriff's deputy was sentenced to 30 years in the Institutional Division of Texas Department of ...

The latest Texas Department Of Criminal Justice news from The Texas Tribune. By Pooja Salhotra Feb. 6, 2025 Faced with more immediate funding needs, state officials haven’t asked for more money ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Two area corrections officers were arrested last week in separate incidents where ...

The data was provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice monthly and included breakdowns by unit, crimes, race and sex. Our site also included information on individual inmates ...

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A jury has found a man guilty of two assault-related charges. This morning, February 6, in the 406th ...

It's a hard job," said Kim Schnurbush, a criminal justice professor and corrections expert at California State University.Schnurbush, a former investigator for the Texas Department of Criminal ...