The Latest Breaking News from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Robert Roberson was scheduled to be executed on Thursday for the murder of his own daughter – but received a last-minute reprieve amid widespread concerns that she died of natural causes

Garcia White delivered a chilling final address in front of the victims’ families before breaking out into hymnsong moments before a lethal injection was administered

A failed execution in Idaho has put a spotlight on the teams of people that prisons use to impose the ultimate penalty on condemned inmates.

Robert Yancy, Jr was sentenced to life in prison without parole in 2022 for continuous sexual abuse of a child

Renteria’s attorneys unsuccessfully argued that the El Paso District Attorney’s Office violated his constitutional rights by not releasing all documents in his case. He was the eight person executed in Texas in 2023.

Attorneys for a condemned Texas killer say drugs he is to be injected with next week were exposed to heat from a fire and have asked a federal judge to stop his execution

The state has canceled all visits to Texas prison inmates until a comprehensive search of all 100 correctional facilities for contraband has been completed.

Management & Training Corporation had been accused of defrauding the state by charging for services it didn’t provide and directing prisoners to falsify paperwork about their treatment.

Stifling heat has killed inmates and exacerbated employee turnover in Texas prisons. But funding for air conditioning was whittled down in the draft budget released Thursday.