Texas Department of Criminal Justice (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the 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 second largest state prison system in the United States. In 2001 it was the largest prison system.