The Texas Department of Criminal Justice will take over the Willacy County State Jail from Management and Training Corp. of ...

The state said it's also concerned about "a significant increase in paper soaked in K2 or methamphetamines coming into our facilities." On Friday, TDCJ said it confiscated $376 as well as 196 ...

news Texas. Texas jails, prisons on lockdown after spike in violence, mailed-in drugs, TDCJ says All 98 correctional facilities across Texas are under indefinite lockdown.

As of Oct. 4, there have been 21 homicides at TDCJ prisons for the year 2023. In 2022 and 2021, there were seven and nine homicides, respectively. Fatal overdoses ...