Texas Correctional Institute

28/06/2025

Dear Texas Legislature and Upper TDCJ Admin,

Murdering people who are not guilty of a capital offense is not enforcing the law.

The families of Jon Southards, Elizabeth Hagerty and John Skinner are suing the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in connection with their loved ones' deaths.

23/06/2025

AUSTIN, Texas (FOX 44) – A Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) inmate has pleaded guilty to the capital murder of a correctional officer in Lovelady in 2023. The TDCJ said inmate Jaba…

15/06/2025

This is so true.

06/06/2025

Bryan Collier is out.
Who will lead
TDCJ out of the 🐪 desert🌵?

03/06/2025

An amendment is Texas Senate Bill 1 will allow $1.6 Million to be used to fund a memorial to honor the 5 Collins family members who were murdered by an escaped TDCJ inmate in 2022 near Centerville.

Maddox Feldott secures $1.6 million for a Collins family memorial in state budget, honoring the victims of a tragic 2022 murder case.

29/05/2025

“Y’all Officers need to suck it up and ride like John Wayne with a salty shirt!!!”

Or AKA the Texas Senate doesn’t care about y’all.

House Bill 3006 would have required the installation of climate control in state prison by 2032.

27/05/2025

NEW ORLEANS ESCAPEES ARRESTED IN WALKER COUNTY TEXAS

Texas DPS is reporting last night, DPS Special Agents working as part of the USMS Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force received a tip regarding a possible suspect vehicle connected to inmates who escaped from a jail in New Orleans, La. DPS Trooper located the suspect vehicle and the driver evaded arrest with the vehicle.

Upon termination of the pursuit, the driver was identified as Jermaine Donald and the passenger was identified as Leo Tate. Both escapees were taken into custody and booked into the Walker County Jail.

25/05/2025

KHOU re-examines the Centerville TDCJ bus escape and the loss of 5 family members who were murdered by the TDCJ inmate.

The Collins family was on a summer trip when they crossed paths with a dangerous escapee. Now, their story is at the center of a powerful KHOU 11+ Original.

21/05/2025

A TDCJ inmate calls in a bomb threat against an elementary school using a contraband cellphone while Incarcerated on the Michael Unit.

Police say a warrant will be sought for the 31-year-old inmate, who was not identified and remains in TDCJ custody.

19/05/2025

Doing the right thing starts by doing the right thing. While prisons should not be luxurious places, they shouldn’t be inhumane death traps for either the prison employees or inmates on heat sensitive medications.

House Bill 3006 would require the installation of climate control in state prison facilities by 2032.

14/05/2025

TDCJ Sergeant gunned down in driveway ambush. The suspect is in custody and his bond was set at $1,000,000.

Colencia Davidson is mother to ten children. Investigators say she was ambushed and killed by her estranged partner in her driveway.

29/04/2025

No excuses… it’s time for TDCJ to modernize and meet the standard every other facility in this state has to meet.

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas prisons could be fully air conditioned within the next decade if a newly proposed bill becomes law.