The Texas Legislature should give great weight to a series of recommendations aimed at improving the Texas Department of ...

A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% ...

Texas prisons were so short-staffed in 2023, the state had to shuttle correctional officers to far-flung facilities where guard shifts couldn’t be filled locally. The Texas Department of Criminal ...

A judge has sentenced a naturalized U.S. citizen who's been living in Massachusetts to more than five years in prison for ...

Too few guards “just affects everything,” she said. “It’s terrible for the staff who show up, as well as for the inmates.” There are indications Texas prisons are becoming more perilous ...

Subcommittee will send its recommendations on public safety spending to the full House Appropriations Committee to consider.

A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% staff turnover rate. The Texas agency that manages the state’s prisons and ...

The recommendations come after a report in September found that up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some Texas prisons and that TDCJ staff has a 26% turnover rate. The report found that ...

Female prison guards at Gilboa prison appealed to Defense Minister Israel Katz through their lawyer that the terrorist Mahmoud Atallah, who had sexually assaulted them while imprisoned ...