24 suspects allegedly affiliated with prison gang charged with …
Jun 20, 2024 · SAN ANTONIO – The Department of Justice announced that 24 people allegedly linked to a prison gang were charged in San Antonio with alleged drug and firearm trafficking. Officials said 19 of the...
Texas inmate killed by cellmate during a statewide prison lockdown - mySA
Sep 21, 2023 · On Sept. 5, an inmate at the Coffield Unit stabbed a correctional officer in a high security unit. TDCJ officers responded to this incident with excessive force and prison system spokesperson...
Report: 'Staffing crisis' in Texas prisons makes staff, inmates and ...
Oct 1, 2024 · Multiple Texas prisons are almost impossible to staff, and the agency responsible for more than 100,000 inmates currently isn’t set up to address it. That and other critiques were levied against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice by the Sunset Advisory Commission staff report this week.
KSAT Investigates takes you inside a Texas prison during ...
Nov 1, 2023 · The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) says the amount of violence, drugs, and contraband inside prisons is at an all-time high.
Texas prison system’s staffing crisis and outdated technology
Oct 2, 2024 · Texas’ sprawling prison and criminal justice system is facing a dangerous staffing crisis that puts inmates and staff at risk — and it could soon run out of room to house the projected number of...
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Texas prisons enter statewide lockdown. Officials ... - San Antonio …
Sep 7, 2023 · The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has begun a lockdown of all its prisons, which officials said was prompted by a surge in drug-related inmate homicides over the past five years.
Texas' lockdown of its overheated state prisons ... - San Antonio …
Sep 20, 2023 · Amid one of the hottest summers in Texas history, families of state prisoners have testified that their loved ones are soaking their bedsheets in toilet water, sleeping on the floor, and...
Handed two life prison terms, San Antonio convict briefly …
Nov 1, 2024 · A San Antonio man who had just been sentenced to two life sentences for trying to kill two police officers in 2020 briefly escaped from deputies Thursday at the Bexar County courthouse.
Inmate-run crime ring busted in Texas; Federal jury indict ...
Dec 19, 2023 · SAN ANTONIO - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging 13 defendants, including inmates and correctional officers, for their involvement in a narcotics smuggling operation...