General Info

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, also known as TDCJ, manages offenders in the state s prisons and private correctional facilities. It has a facilities division that has engineering, maintenance, program administration and resources management departments. The department maintains rehabilitation programs and victim services divisions. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice offers a range of health and information technology services. It operates a community justice assistance division. The department administers prison deterrence education programs. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice maintains a parole division that supervises offenders released from prisons. Its manufacturing and logistics division performs engineering, financial, planning and monitoring operations.