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Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Agency overview
Formed1885
Employees37,000 (2005)
Annual budgetUS$3,302,926,598 (2018)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionTexas, USA
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Size261,797 square miles (678,050 km2)
Population29,145,505 (2020)[1]
General nature
  • Civilian police
Operational structure
HeadquartersBrad Livingston Administrative Headquarters
Huntsville, Texas
Agency executives
  • Bryan Collier, Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  • Eric Nichols, Chairman, Texas Board of Criminal Justice
Website
tdcj.texas.gov

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails, and private correctional facilities, funding and certain oversight of community supervision, and supervision of offenders released from prison on parole or mandatory supervision. The TDCJ operates the largest prison system in the United States.[2]

The department has its headquarters in the Brad Livingston Administrative Headquarters in Huntsville and offices at the Price Daniel Sr. Building in downtown Austin.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Historical Population Change Data (1910-2020)". Census.gov. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
  2. ^ "Huntsville Prison Blues". National Public Radio. All Things Considered. September 10, 2001. Retrieved on December 2, 2009.
  3. ^ "Web Directory - Texas Department of Criminal Justice." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Accessed September 13, 2008.
  4. ^ "Contact Information". Third Court of Appeals of Texas. Accessed September 13, 2008.

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