TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Summary of Approved Funding Decisions in SB1 & HB500
Summaries of Selected Legislative Passed by the 89th Texas Legislature, Regular Session
Pretrial, Probation, and Parole Supervision Week, July 20-26, 2025
Holmes is First-Ever Staff Chaplain
CVSD Expands Rehabilitation Efforts with Two New Chapels
Air-Conditioning Construction Project
TDCJ Executive Director Bryan Collier to retire August 31
Inmate Pleads Guilty to Capital Murder
TDCJ Facilities Division Launches High Voltage Training Program
Civilians Charged with Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity Following OIG Investigation
30th Annual Governor’s Criminal Justice Volunteer Service Awards
Nine Inmates Charged in Contraband Conspiracy
National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
TDCJ Earns VETS Indexes Recognized Employer Award for 2025
Contraband Investigation Leads to Seven Correctional Officer Arrests
Texas Celebrates Second Chance Month
Collier Awarded 2025 Edward R. Cass Correctional Achievement Award
VSD Updates Notification Options
Debating Behind the Walls
Bartlett Grand Opening and Historic THRIVE Graduation
TDCJ Partners With Workbay
TDCJ Expands Virtual Court Program
TDCJ Breaks Ground on New State-of-the-Art Training Facility
Barbee Receives ACA's Research Award
Parole Division Launches 24/7 Helpline for Clients in Crisis
Magical Partnership Brings Holiday Spirit
Section Chiefs Announced
Cozby Named Warden of the Year
TDCJ Restructuring to Align With 2030 Goals
TDCJ Partners with ACU
McCown Honored as Outstanding Woman
TDCJ and CBC Form Education Partnership
Braille Facility Renamed in Honor of Delores Billman
Apply now for Citizens' Academy in Gatesville
TBCJ Approves Operating Budget, LAR
TDCJ Mourns Death of Cadet Michelle Strube
TDCJ Employees Honored with Texans Caring for Texans Awards
TDCJ, City of Bartlett Announce Reopening of Bartlett Unit
Pretrial, Probation, and Parole Supervision Week, July 21-27
Governor Abbott Appoints Fordyce to Texas Board of Criminal Justice
29th Annual Governor's Criminal Justice Volunteer Service Awards
Angie McCown Receives National Crime Victim Service Award
“If You Apply It, It Works”: Learn About Bradshaw’s Cognitive Life Skills Program
National Reentry Week, April 22-26
Major Micah Sims Receives Supervisor of the Year Award
Attempted Escape Thwarted by CO
OIG Recognized as “Accredited Law Enforcement Agency“
Mountain View Unit renamed to honor former TBCJ Chairman Patrick L. O'Daniel
Gonzales Named Warden of the Year
TDCJ Mourns Death of Correctional Officer Jovian Motley
Tuition Reimbursement Program Launches
Actions of Valor Award Recipients
Pay Increases, Effective July 1
TDCJ Digital Mail Rollout
Summary of the FY 2024-25 Conference Committee Decisions
Summaries of Selected Legislation Passed by the 88th Legislature
In Remembrance of Derrelynn Perryman
Walker Named ACA Nurse of the Year
28th Annual Governor's Volunteer Awards
Summary of the FY 2024-25 General Appropriations Bill as Introduced
TBCJ Approves Operating Budget, LAR
Employee Peer Support Services
Brad Livingston Administrative Headquarters Dedication
Vocational Fair Showcases Job Skills Earned While Incarcerated
Federal Drug Trafficking Crimes Related to Drone Drops at TDCJ Facility
2022 Fallen Officers' Memorial Ceremony
27th Annual Governor's Volunteer Awards
Maximum Security Pay Increase
"106.5 The Tank" Inmate Radio Station
TDCJ to Rename Three Facilities
Tablet Program Coming Soon to Inmate Population
Summaries of selected legislation passed by the 87th Legislature
Summary of the FY 2022-23 Conference Committee Decisions
2021 Fallen Officer's Memorial Ceremony
2019-2020 Governor's Volunteer Awards
TDCJ Remote Video Visitation
Summary of FY 2022-23 General Appropriations Bill, as Introduced
TBCJ Approves Legislative Appropriations Request
TDCJ Remembers 9/11
Contraband and Inmate Violence Prompt Lockdown Across 19 TDCJ Units
Participate in Sunset Review
TDCJ Summit, Austin, June 29, 2024
Victim Services Division to Host Ceremony Honoring Crime Victims
EmpowerEDU tuition reimbursement program opens second application period
Citizens’ Academy now taking applications
Survey of Employee Engagement
TDCJ Skills Demonstration and Career Expo - January 10
Tuition Reimbursement Program Launches
Systemwide Lockdown and Visitation Announcement
Citizens' Academy now taking applications
Fraudulent Calls to Citizens in Texas
Online Visitation Portal Registration Open
Mask Requirements Dropped at 41 Units
TDCJ resuming normal operations after Hurricane Laura
TDCJ Assessing Situation after Hurricane Laura Landfall
TDCJ Prepared for Hurricane Laura
TDCJ Continues Preparation for Hurricane Laura
Storms in the Gulf Prompt Evacuations at Several TDCJ Units
TDCJ Deploying Asymptomatic Testing
2 TDCJ employees killed in tornado
TBCJ Meeting Cancellation
Barbed Wire to Business Accelerator
Herbs Behind Bars Winners Announced
TDCJ’s first horse sale in a decade
Recent actions on HB1 and SB500
Barbee hired as new R & D Director
Summaries of selected legislation passed by the 86th Legislature
New program in Texas prison gives inmates tools to succeed in society
by Wes Rapaport, Reporter, KXAN-TV, August 25, 2019
How crime victims and convicted felons benefit from meetings in prison
by Jason Whitely, Reporter, WFAA-Dallas, June 12, 2019
Summary of FY20-21 General Appropriations Bills, based on decisions of the House and Senate (prior to Conference Committee)
Legislature files proposed appropriations bills for FY 2020-21
Throwback Thursday #TBT: A Few Cowboys Left
Wanted Wednesday: William Dale Foulds
TDCJ LAR Request for FY 2020-21
Yebra to become first director of new TDCJ Training Division
Herb growing competition showcases gardening, culinary skills
In the News: TDCJ looking to move Huntsville Bat Colony to a new address
Programs for progress: Woodman Unit - Girl Scouts behind bars
In the News: Incarcerated mothers read to their children in the Women’s Storybook Project
TDCJ Legislative Appropriations Request for FY 2020-21
Growing Pride: Michael Unit hydroponics project inspiring others nationwide
Day in the Life of a CO (video)
Day in the Life of a PO (video)
September Visitation Scheduling Open
2019 Governor's Criminal Justice Volunteer Service Awards
TDCJ Video Visitation
2020 United States Census
PACT Conference POSTPONED
PACT Conference hits the road in 2020
TDCJ Recognized at Salute to Service
$5,000 bonus - Maintenance Supervisors
Johnston Unit Escapee Apprehended
Throwback Thursday #TBT: On The Radio Waves
Wanted Wednesday: Eddie Traey Hodges
Throwback Thursday #TBT: That's a Computer?
Wanted Wednesday: Michael Williams
Throwback Thursday #TBT: A Visit From Eleanor
Wanted Wednesday: Louis Saenz
Throwback Thursday #TBT: Puppy Love
Wanted Wednesday: Craig Anthony Criss
Throwback Thursday #TBT: Music Beyond Bars
Wanted Wednesday: David Alan Hahn
Throwback Thursday #TBT: Correctional Cyclists
Wanted Wednesday: Don Eugene Brown
Throwback Thursday #TBT: Columbia Remembered
Wanted Wednesday: Eugene Shannon Abner
Wanted Wednesday: Terry Wilson
Throwback Thursday #TBT: Steady as Goree
Wanted Wednesday: Domitillo Hernandez Moreno
Throwback Thursday #TBT: A Hollywood Backdrop
Wanted Wednesday: Chester Curtis
Throwback Thursday #TBT: Building for Ages!
Wanted Wednesday: Ramon R. Fabelo
Wellness Challenge (video)
Throwback Thursday #TBT: The Foundation of Gray
Wanted Wednesday: Jermaine Anwarene Jackson
Throwback Thursday #TBT: A Classic Cooking Class
Wanted Wednesday: Joe Hernandez
Throwback Thursday #TBT: Gatesville Food for Families Program
Throwback Thursday #TBT: Leadbelly
Throwback Thursday #TBT: Inauguration of a Rebel
Wanted Wednesday: Gilberto Medina Hernandez
Wanted Wednesday: Arthur Lee Winchester
Throwback Thursday #TBT: Yeeeehawwww! The Texas Prison Rodeo
Wanted Wednesday: Enrique Molina Ayuso
2018 Governor's Criminal Justice Volunteer Service Awards
New CO Salary Adjustment (video)
Reentry and Integration Division launches Website for Work
Offenders Stitch Smiles thru Toys for Kids
In the news: Inmates train service dogs for vets, learn new skills themselves
Beekeeping program offers a sweeter future for offenders
FY 2018 Agency Operating Budget
Summaries of Select Legislation Passed
Summary of the FY 2018-19 General Appropriations Act (Senate Bill 1)