Texas Correctional Institute

15/08/2025

Prayers for those involved.

TDCJ says five correctional officers were taken to the hospital, including one who was airlifted.

03/08/2025

The first modern air conditioner was invented by Willis Carrier in 1902.

123 years later TDCJ is one of the last institutions in the United States to not have this invention in all housing areas.

New numbers from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice project 18,000 new air-conditioned beds as a result of recent state funding in the first step towards full A/C coverage. Here's a look at how many prisoners will remain without A/C until the project is completed in 2032.

25/07/2025

An inmate from Sing Sing Prison in New York State donates to Texas flood relief fund. Let’s see how many Texas correctional employees will match this inmate’s donation.

In a letter to the Texas Hill Country, the man said he was "praying for all of you affected by the floods and especially those little girls at Camp Mystic."

18/07/2025

Officers and inmates get to suffer through another hot summer with no clear timeline on when relief is in sight.

Despite receiving substantial state funding to air-condition prisons in the last few years, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has stayed mum on when it will install cooling across the system.

10/07/2025

Bradshaw, Bridgeport, Coleman, Kyle, Linsey, Moore, and Willacy Units will return to being managed by TDCJ. Higher pay and benefits are a plus for employees at those facility who choose to apply for the TDCJ positions.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, or TDCJ, will take control and staff two prisons in Central Texas later this year thanks to a legislative funding allocation, according to an email TDCJ sp…

09/07/2025

A College Station man was one of 10 charged in connection with the shooting of an Alvarado police officer on the Fourth of July.

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.