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 ...
Click2Houston

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 ...
AOL

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 ...
The Texas Tribune

Texas executes 600th inmate since death penalty was reinstated in 1976

Edward Busby was executed by lethal injection Thursday, reinforcing Texas’ position as the nation's leader in capital punishment.
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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 ...
Houston Chronicle

Kenyan priest’s deportation highlights TDCJ’s need for immigrant guards in Texas prisons

Until federal immigration agents declared the Rev. James Eliud Ngahu Mwangi a deportable alien, the Kenyan native was working as a Texas prison guard, with his employment authorization vetted by the ...