AUSTIN, TX - The Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Office of the Inspector General-TDCJ are asking for the public's help locating a parole violator. Joe Allums II was released from prison ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice Parole Division is searching for an armed and dangerous man who has previously lived ...

A parole officer suspected of sex trafficking was charged Tuesday in Abilene, according to online jail records. Symone Danielle Miller, 31, of San Angelo was free Wednesday from Taylor County Jail on ...

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Texas Department of Criminal Justice William G. McConnell Unit at Chase Field in Beeville in 2013. (Jennifer Whitney For The Texas Tribune, Jennifer Whitney For The Texas Tribune) Sign up for The ...

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 ...

HOUSTON — Nearly 30 years after the tragic murder of Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, her convicted killer, Yolanda Saldívar, is up for parole. The review process is set to take place this ...

(FOX 44) – Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Executive Director Bryan Collier has announced his retirement, effective August 31. TDCJ says this comes following a long career of public ...

A Texas parole officer, Symone Danielle Miller, was indicted on charges of sex trafficking in Tom Green County. Miller is accused of forcing a woman into prostitution and trafficking a minor for the ...