The now 68-year-old inmate has been declared incompetent since 1987 when his initial execution was halted due to severe mental illness, including schizophrenia and organic brain dysfunction.

John Roman, a 40-year-old Houston man, is charged with capital murder for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Breandrea Wiley, to silence her as a witness in his aggravated robbery trial.

This is the latest salvo in a legal battle between committee members and the Texas Attorney General and Governor’s offices.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is facing a unique challenge: finding a new home for a massive bat colony before they can demolish a vacant warehouse near its prison in Huntsville.

Gerald Goines, the former Houston Police Department narcotics officer convicted and sentenced to 60 years for his involvement in the 2019 Harding Street raid that led to the deaths of Dennis Tuttle, Rhogena Nicholas, and their dog, has been transferred to prison.

The family of a correctional officer who died after trying to restrain an inmate at the Wainwright Unit in Lovelady, Texas is set to view the video of the incident on Monday.

Once a juvenile faced with a 10-year prison sentence, this activist has now become a change agent in our community by reaching back to help provide books and literature for young people behind bars.

Officials have announced that several TDCJ units will be able to return to normal operations following a recent lockdown.

Firefighters worked to take out a large fire at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville early Friday.

The tables have turned for a jailer who was caught with contraband that was intended to be smuggled to prisoners, officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said.

DNA has connected a Freeport woman to the 2005 double homicide of a couple who was found dead by their daughter inside the family’s Liberty County home, Texas Department of Public Safety officials said.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called for the Texas Rangers to investigate how Gonzalo Lopez, a convicted murderer, was able to escape Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) custody, elude capture for 21 days, and perpetuate the brutal murder of Mark Collins and his four grandsons on June 2.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) will resume inmate transportation starting Monday, June 13 after temporarily stopping it to investigate how a convicted murderer escaped from a bus last month and allegedly killed a man and his four grandsons.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice confirmed Wednesday that the DNA that had been collected from a nearby cabin two days before the Collins family of five were killed came back after the murders.

A manhunt is underway in the Dayton area after officers said a wanted felon stole a police cruiser during an arrest attempt.

A man who attacked a bailiff in 2021 after receiving a six-year prison sentence will now have to serve at least double that amount of time before he is eligible for parole on new convictions, according to court documents.

Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to move prisoners from the Briscoe Unit in Dilley to make room for migrants crossing the border unlawfully and who have committed a state or federal crime.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice released its new protocols for allowing spiritual advisors to be present in the execution chamber at the time of an inmate’s death. This reversal comes two years after TDCJ halted the practice.