AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) correctional officer was arrested after she was accused of performing a sexual act with an inmate at the Travis County State Jail ...

The investigation is tied to a federal lawsuit filed by Bernie Tiede, a Texas man spending life in prison who has reported ...

More than 80,000 Texas prisoners live in facilities that lack air conditioning. They have former state senator and Houston ...

Newsweek contacted the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for comment on Thursday via telephone and voicemail message outside of regular office hours. Texan authorities have been criticized over ...

(WSIL) -- A former correctional officer faces charges after he ... said they were requested by the Department of Juvenile Justice to investigate after two separate incidents were reported on ...

Members of a Texas legislative panel sharply dressed down the state’s Juvenile Justice Department on Tuesday ... a child punching a juvenile correctional officer in the back of the head while ...