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

Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to capital punishment.

Officials from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice declined ... the attorney general to accept or deny pending requests for certifications for the State Capital Counsel Mechanism ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville ... was punished for his heinous crimes and justice has finally been served," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement.

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 ...

He was subsequently sentenced to five years of confinement in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison. In 2011, Alonzo was convicted of failure to register as a sex offender and subsequently ...

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 ...

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 ...