Texas Correctional Institute

06/10/2025

Inmate sets fire. Inmate dies. 2 TDCJ officials arrested for criminal neglect homicide after failing to render aid. What do you think?

Two Texas Department of Criminal Justice employees were arrested Sunday at the Bill Clements Unit in Amarillo after an inmate died.

03/10/2025

When Public Safety Breaks Down: This is a case TDCJ would love to make go away.

The defense attorney representing Randy Halprin will remain on the case. Halprin was part of the infamous Texas 7 prison gang that escaped and killed an Irving police officer in 2000.

30/09/2025

This guy was arrested at the Byrd Unit last year. Now he is looking at life in TDCJ.

27/09/2025

With the inmate CONVICTED, there is NO REASON for TDCJ to withhold the release of the incident report from the victim’s family.

Pending Investigation???… No it’s called cover up and hiding the mistakes.

A state law is now in effect that honors a correctional officer killed in the line of duty.

22/09/2025

Two I.C.E. detainees on the lam.

22/09/2025

At a North Texas prison, one nurse practitioner racked up more than 20 federal lawsuits over alleged medical mistreatment. The patients’ stories illuminate a healthcare system that often seems like another form of punishment.

08/09/2025

Violence in TDCJ is way up. With a change in the guard, will new leadership be more receptive to bringing changes to reduce violence.

1. Reduce staff turnover
2. Infrastructure upgrades
3. Professional development
4. Transparency

These are issues Collier and company dealt poorly with. For decades leadership has covered up and kicked the can down the road. Will the new administration do the same and if so, will they be the ones to go down when there is no more roadway for the can to be kicked down?

Texas prison violence reached its highest level in at least a decade, prompting a monthslong lockdown in 19 lockups this summer.

01/09/2025

In Texas not all, but some criminals appear before a Kangaroo Court.

01/09/2025

Giles W. Dalby Correctional Facility in Garza County will be purchased by The State of Texas (TDCJ) for $110 Million.

The Giles W. Dalby Correctional Facility could re-open early next year under new management.

24/08/2025

Steel and concrete not only keep inmates inside prison buildings during the summer, they also keep heat trapped inside.

More lawsuits are likely as climate change drives hotter summers, experts say.

23/08/2025

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but DO NOT dip your pen in the company ink.

20/08/2025

Price check on self-checkout register…

A TDCJ warden from Colorado City was arrested after he was reportedly caught fraudulently changing prices of items he was buying at a Lubbock Wal-Mart.