All Texas Department of Criminal Justice Prisons Placed on Lockdown Until Further Notice
All Texas Department of Criminal Justice prisons have been placed on lockdown until further notice over increased drugs and prisoner homicides.
On Wednesday, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced that they were “implementing an immediate lockdown and comprehensive search of all correctional facilities.”
Visitation is also canceled at all facilities until the searches are completed.
“Over the last five years, the volume of illegal narcotics entering the system has substantially increased,” the department said in a press release. “This directly impacts the safety of staff and inmates. Additionally, this year the number of inmate-on-inmate homicides have increased. It is believed that the majority of the incidents are tied back to illegal drugs.”
The department said that during the lockdown,
