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The Texas Department of Criminal Justice told FOX 26 Ayala was transferred to prison to serve concurrent seven-year sentences for indecency with a child by exposure, three counts of indecency with ...

Amanda Hernandez, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice − the agency that carries out executions − said she did not have any information about Nelson's resistance ...

according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice website. In Texas, from 1819 to 1923, people in Texas were put to death by hanging. In 1923, according to the Texas Department of Criminal ...

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 ...

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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This undated photo released by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death row inmate Richard Lee ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has announced the appointment of Daniel Dickerson and L.E. Townsend as deputy division directors of the Correctional Institutions Division, ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) announced Friday that Andrew Barbee, Director of the Office of Strategic Initiatives and Modernization, was selected as the recipient of the ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, for a new state-of-the-art training facility. This facility will provide enhanced ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KETK) — 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 ...

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 ...