Former Rusk TDCJ correctional officer pleads guilty for role in conspiracy to assault inmate

Samuel Lee Thomas IV, 26, pleaded guilty to conspiring to assault an inmate at TDCJ Hodge Unit in Rusk. He faces up to 10 ...

Ex-TDCJ officer faces sentencing for inmate assault conspiracy

A former corrections officer with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is awaiting a sentencing hearing after ...
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Former Texas correctional officer pleads guilty in conspiracy case after orchestrating attack on inmate who spit on him

A former correctional officer with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights ...
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After inmate's life sentence, family questions death of Texas prison officer

The family of a Texas corrections officer is still seeking answers after his death in what was supposed to be a routine inmate cell extraction. Officer Jovian Motley died in the line of duty at the ...

Federal judge weighs mandating air conditioning in the United States’ largest prison system

A decision whether to mandate air conditioning inside Texas prisons is in the hands of a federal judge, as advocacy organizations try to force the state to address what they allege are dangerous, ...
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Escaped Huntsville Unit inmate caught nearly 275 miles away from prison he fled from, TDCJ says | Woman also arrested

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said an inmate who escaped from the Huntsville Unit early Sunday morning has been taken back into custody in Calallen, which is west of ...
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TDCJ substance abuse counselor arrested for bribery, contraband smuggling in second Gist Unit case this month

BEAUMONT, Texas — A substance abuse counselor at a Texas prison facility in Beaumont was arrested Monday after admitting to accepting $1,000 to smuggle papers into the institution. Additional ...