The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially ...

“The health and safety of our staff and inmate population is our highest priority,” Haney said.

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ... The men are housed in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston in single cells with a window, according to the TDCJ website. The women are housed at the O’Daniel ...

The highest court in Texas on Tuesday issued a rare stay of execution for David Leonard Wood, who has always denied being the so-called Desert Killer and reiterated his innocence in a recent ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has responded to a reported lack of water at the George Beto Unit state prison in ...

UPDATE: The Texas Department of Criminal Justice reported Tuesday morning that water and water pressure has been restored at the George Beto Unit state prison in Tennessee Colony near Palestine. One ...

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TENNESSEE COLONY, Texas — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said Tuesday water has been restored to the Beto Unit in Tennessee Colony. This comes after TDCJ spokesperson Hannah Haney ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has responded to a reported lack of water at the George Beto Unit state prison in Tennessee Colony near Palestine. Visit this ...