The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) will soon prohibit hardback books and any books that appear clearly used from ...

Texas prisons will allow only new softcover books as part of a contraband crackdown.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Horses graze outside the TDCJ Allan B. Polunsky Unit July 14, 2018 in Livingston. Christopher Young, who is on death row there for ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) announced Friday that it will implement new measures to combat illegal narcotics from being smuggled into its facilities. Beginning ...

Bobby Lumpkin will be the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s next executive director, leading one of the largest state agencies that is also in the midst of a correctional staffing crisis. Lumpkin ...