Texas Department Of Criminal Justice

1. Friday, July 4, 2014 7:15 am

   The extreme heat inside Texas prison units during the summer — sometimes reaching as high as 115 degrees Fahrenheit — has been an issue for years, with little reaction or show of concern coming from state officials and authorities within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

2. Tuesday, July 1, 2014 1:08 pm

   The reward for Freddie Alaniz, 34, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitive and this month's featured fugitive, increased to $17,500 for information leading to his capture if the tip comes in during the month of July.

   

3. Tuesday, July 1, 2014 12:01 pm

   Houston Chronicle. June 26, 2014.

4. Monday, June 30, 2014 4:56 pm

   A convicted murderer has filed court documents seeking to revisit state appeals that he was not given after waiving his right to those appeals.

   

5. Monday, June 30, 2014 4:31 pm

   WASHINGTON (AP) — Conceding defeat on a top domestic priority, President Barack Obama blamed a Republican "year of obstruction" for the demise of sweeping immigration legislation on Monday and said he would take new steps without Congress to fix as much of the system as he can on his own.

   

6. Wednesday, June 25, 2014 5:23 pm

   The Texas Department of Public Safety has added Kenneth Latham, 47, to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list, and a cash reward up to $10,000 is now being offered for information leading to his capture.

   

7. Tuesday, June 24, 2014 6:16 pm

   The Brownsville Herald. June 22, 2014.

8. Monday, June 23, 2014 2:34 pm

   AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Crime in Texas' prison system is rampant, with authorities filing 3,000 charges against prisoners since 2009 and nearly 600 more against corrections officers, state figures show.

9. Monday, June 23, 2014 11:30 am

   The Texas Department of Public Safety has added Clemente Davila, 27, to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list, and a cash reward up to $3,000 is now being offered for information leading to his capture.

   

10. Saturday, June 21, 2014 9:44 am

    HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The nation's most populous prison system, facing legal actions and criticism about inmates having to endure oppressive Texas summer heat, is looking to make conditions a bit more bearable at seven state lockups by installing cooling systems similar to those seen on the sidelines of early-season football games.

11. Monday, June 16, 2014 4:29 pm

    The Texas Department of Public Safety is reminding the public that the reward for Jerry Don Holmes, 42, has increased to $13,000 for information leading to this capture if the tip comes in during the month of June.

    

12. Sunday, June 15, 2014 9:00 am

    ttorney General Greg Abbott may be a partisan figure, but he boasts two habits that earn him respect across the board: sticking to his word and supporting transparency in government. So Texans of all stripes should be particularly distressed by his office's recent rejection of an open records request concerning the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

13. Saturday, June 14, 2014 1:33 pm

    The Odessa Police Department is planning to request the budget from city council to allow a take-home fleet, City of Odessa spokeswoman Andrea Goodson said.

    

14. Wednesday, June 11, 2014 5:59 pm

    The Odessa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on Saturday is hosting the quarterly board of directors meeting for the Texas Association of Mexican Chambers of Commerce at the Elegante Hotel.

    

15. Sunday, June 8, 2014 7:30 am

    Health inspectors in Ector County often issue warnings to those violating codes in Ector County, before ultimately taking potentially criminal cases to justices of the peace.

    

16. Saturday, May 31, 2014 7:22 pm

    Tuesday marked two months since the south Odessa fatal shooting of Shon Nelson Beck, father of six.

    

17. Saturday, May 31, 2014 4:30 am

    On May 1, a federal judge ruled that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice had illegally violated the rights of Muslim prisoners by making it almost impossible for them to practice their religion while behind bars.

18. Sunday, May 18, 2014 5:00 am

    The monitors sounded, and Clinton Hunt saw two of his fellow rig hands drop. All donned their emergency breathers.

    

19. Wednesday, May 14, 2014 3:30 am

    ALPINE Despite the reliability of witnesses, the presence of evidence and even confessions, people are arrested, convicted and imprisoned for crimes they did not commit... thousands each year.

    

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    This handout photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Robert Campbell. Attorneys for the Texas death row inmate have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit seeking to delay his execution following a bungled execution in Oklahoma. Campbell's execution is scheduled for May 13, 2014. AP|Texas Department of Criminal Justice

21. Sunday, May 11, 2014 2:49 pm

    It's been seven years since Ector County purchased the Odyssey program, and it will still be nearly two more years before it reaches its full potential in the county.

    

22. Saturday, May 10, 2014 5:01 am

    UTPB: Where everybody knows your name.

    

23. Thursday, May 8, 2014 6:15 am

    The scene in the Oklahoma execution chamber last week was so horrific that authorities pulled the curtains to block spectators' view.

24. Monday, April 28, 2014 1:51 pm

    After paying nearly half of the contract, Ector County commissioners on Monday terminated a consultant because of poor reception to a report he presented on April 16, seven months after he started.

    

25. Friday, April 18, 2014 4:23 pm

    Gang activity is up in West Texas, according to a report released Thursday by the Texas Department of Public Safety.