TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

The following TDCJ publications are either webpages, text files, Word documents, PowerPoint documents, Excel documents, or have been converted into PDF files.

Administrative Review & Risk Management

• Inmate Grievance Program pamphlet (PDF) (text only), Spanish (PDF) (text only)
• Employee Safety Training Circulars

Advisory Council on Ethics

• ACE Brochure (PDF)

Annual Review

• Annual Review 2025 (PDF) (accessible HTML)
• Annual Review 2024 (PDF) (accessible HTML)
• Annual Review 2023 (PDF)
• Annual Review 2022 (PDF) (rich text format, text only)

Business & Finance

• Agency Strategic Plan for the Fiscal Years 2027-2031 (PDF)
• Fiscal Year 2026 Operating Budget (PDF)
  As submitted to the Legislative Budget Board and Governor’s Office
• Fiscal Year 2026 Agency Operating Budget (PDF)
  As submitted to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice
• FY2026-27 Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR)
  As submitted to the Legislative Budget Board and Governor’s Office
• FY2026-27 Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR) Summary Document (PDF)
  TDCJ’s summarized request for funding for Fiscal Years 2026-27, as presented to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice
• Summary of TDCJ’s FY 2026-27 LAR Exceptional Items (PDF)
• Agency Strategic Plan for the Fiscal Years 2025-2029 (PDF)
  Created pursuant to instructions from the Legislative Budget Board and Governor's Office, this document communicates the TDCJ's core operational goals and objectives for Fiscal Years 2025-2029. Includes the Agency Workforce Plan and results of the Customer Service Survey and Survey of Employee Engagement
• Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Budget (PDF)
  As submitted to the Legislative Budget Board and Governor’s Office
• Fiscal Year 2024 Agency Operating Budget (PDF)
  As submitted to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice
• FY2024-25 Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR) Summary Document
  TDCJ’s summarized request for funding for Fiscal Years 2024-25, as presented to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice
• Summary of the TDCJ’s FY 2024-25 LAR Exceptional Items
• FY2024-25 Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR)
  As submitted to the Legislative Budget Board and Governor’s Office
• Agency Strategic Plan for the Fiscal Years 2023-2027 (PDF)
  Created pursuant to instructions from the Legislative Budget Board and Governor's Office, this document communicates the TDCJ's core operational goals and objectives for Fiscal Years 2023-2027. Includes the Agency Workforce Plan and results of the Customer Service Survey and Survey of Employee Engagement
• Fiscal Year 2022 Operating Budget (PDF)
  As submitted to the Legislative Budget Board and Governor's Office.
• Fiscal Year 2022 Agency Operating Budget (PDF)
  As submitted to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice
• FY2022-23 Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR) (PDF)
  As submitted to the Legislative Budget Board and Governor’s Office
• FY 2022-23 Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR) Summary Document (PDF)
  TDCJ’s summarized request for funding for Fiscal Years 2022-23, as presented to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice
• Summary of the TDCJ’s FY 2022-23 LAR Exceptional Items (PDF)
• Fiscal Year 2021 Agency Operating Budget (PDF)
  As submitted to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice
• Agency Strategic Plan for the Fiscal Years 2021-2025 (PDF)
  Created pursuant to instructions from the Legislative Budget Board and Governor's Office, this document communicates the TDCJ's core operational goals and objectives for Fiscal Years 2021-2025. Includes the Agency Workforce Plan and results of the Customer Service Survey and Survey of Employee Engagement

State Agency Energy Savings Program
Electricity, Natural Gas, Gasoline - Executive Order RP-49

Brief description of the TDCJ's commitment to reduce energy consumption and quarterly update detailing our goals, achievements, and ideas for additional savings.

• July 2026 Quarterly Update (PDF)
• January 2026 Quarterly Update (PDF)
• April 2025 Quarterly Update (PDF)
• October 2024 Quarterly Update (PDF)
• July 2024 Quarterly Update (PDF)
• April 2024 Quarterly Update (PDF)
• October 2023 Quarterly Update (PDF)
• July 2023 Quarterly Update (PDF)
• April 2023 Quarterly Update (PDF)
• January 2023 Quarterly Update (PDF)
• October 2022 Quarterly Update (PDF)
• July 2022 Quarterly Update (PDF)
• October 2021 Quarterly Update (PDF)
• July 2021 Quarterly Update (PDF)
• April 2021 Quarterly Update (PDF)
• January 2021 Quarterly Update (PDF)

Connections Magazine - employee newsletter

• Criminal Justice Connections Newsletter
• Archives

Community Justice Assistance Division - publications pertinent to adult probation

• Community Justice Assistance Division Publications

Correctional Institutions Division

• Offender Orientation Handbook February 2017 (PDF), Spanish (PDF)
• TDCJ Disciplinary Rules and Procedures for Inmates October 2024 (PDF), Spanish (PDF)
• Good-Time Loss Limits May 2025 (PDF), Spanish (PDF)
• Safe Prisons/PREA Plan (PDF)
• Security Threat Groups "On the Inside" (PDF), Spanish (PDF)
• Inmate Rules and Regulations for Visitation Handbook April 2025 (PDF), Spanish April 2025 (PDF)

Executive Administrative Services

• Statistical Reports
  Detailed statistical reports of inmate demographics.
• Unit Profile
  A summary of each TDCJ facility. Includes current contact information.
• General Information Guide for Families of Inmates (PDF), Spanish (PDF)
  Explains the intake process and provides a brief description of the inmate program areas within the TDCJ. Intended to assist the families of inmates in understanding how the TDCJ operates.

Health Services

• HIV and Hepatitis Prevention Education Activities (2021) (PDF)
  This report on HIV and Hepatitis prevention education activities carried out by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Correctional Managed Health Care is submitted to the Legislature as required by Section 501.054 of the Texas Government Code.

Human Resources

Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Logistics Division

• How to Apply for a Truck Driver Position April 2024 (PDF)
• Texas Correctional Industries Brochures

Office of the General Counsel

• How to Arrange Hearings with Offenders Incarcerated in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (PDF)

Office of the Independent Auditor

• Fiscal Year 2026 Annual Audit Plan (PDF)
• Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Audit Plan (PDF)
• Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Audit Plan (PDF)
• Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Report (PDF)

Office of the Independent Ombudsman

• Ombudsman Report FY 2025 (PDF)
• Ombudsman Report FY 2024 (PDF)
• Ombudsman Report FY 2023 (PDF)
• Ombudsman Report FY 2022 (PDF)
• Ombudsman Report FY 2021 (PDF)
• Office of the Independent Ombudsman Unit Poster (PDF), Spanish (PDF)
• Office of the Ombudsman (PDF) (English text only), Spanish (PDF) (Spanish text only)
  TDCJ Ombudsman Program provides a single point of contact for elected officials and members of the general public.

Office of the Inspector General

• 2024 Law Enforcement Use of UAS Report (Texas Government Code 423.008) (PDF)
• 2023 Law Enforcement Use of UAS Report (Texas Government Code 423.008) (PDF)
• Office of Inspector General Annual Report FY 2022 (PDF)
• Office of Inspector General Annual Report FY 2021 (PDF)

Office of Strategic Initiatives and Modernization

• Inmates Received Who Have Been in the Conservatorship of Child Protective Services Fiscal Year 2025 Report (Texas Government Code 501.023) (PDF)
• Inmates Received Who Have Been in the Conservatorship of Child Protective Services Fiscal Year 2024 Report (Texas Government Code 501.023) (PDF)
• Report on Pregnant Inmates (Article V, TDCJ Rider 61, GAA FY24-25) (PDF)
• Inmates Received Who Have Been in the Conservatorship of Child Protective Services Fiscal Year 2023 Report (Texas Government Code 501.023) (PDF)
• Report on Pregnant Inmates (Article V, TDCJ Rider 61, GAA FY22-23) (PDF)
• Inmates Received Who Have Been in the Conservatorship of Child Protective Services Fiscal Year 2022 Report (Texas Government Code 501.023) (PDF)
• Offenders Received Who Have Been in the Conservatorship of Child Protective Services Fiscal Year 2021 Report (Texas Government Code 501.023) (PDF)

Parole Division

• Parole In Texas - English (PDF) Spanish (PDF)

PREA Ombudsman

• Safe Prisons/PREA Program Report 2024 (PDF)
• Safe Prisons/PREA Program Report 2023 (PDF)
• Safe Prisons/PREA Program Report 2022 (PDF)
• Safe Prisons/PREA Program Report 2021 (PDF)
• Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Ombudsman (PDF) Spanish (PDF)
• Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Audits
• Safe Prisons/PREA Plan (PDF)

Rehabilitation and Reentry Division

• Access to Programs by Female Inmates Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Report (Texas Government Code 501.027)  2025 (PDF)
• Texas Government Code Chapter 501.103 and Rider 47 Reentry and Parole Referral Report 2025 (PDF)
• Wrongfully Imprisoned Report FY 2024 (PDF)
• Texas Government Code Chapter 501.103 and Rider 47 Reentry and Parole Referral Report 2024 (PDF)
• Reentry and Integration Division Biennial Report 2024 (PDF)
• Access to Programs by Female Inmates Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Report (Texas Government Code 501.027) (PDF)
• Wrongfully Imprisoned Report FY 2023 (PDF)
• Texas Government Code Chapter 501.103 and Rider 47 Reentry and Parole Referral Report 2023 (PDF)
• Access to Programs by Female Inmates Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report (Texas Government Code 501.027) (PDF)
• Wrongfully Imprisoned Report FY 2022 (PDF)
• Texas Government Code Chapter 501.103 and Rider 47 Reentry and Parole Referral Report 2022 (PDF)
• Reentry and Integration Division Biennial Report 2022 (PDF)
• Access to Programs by Female Inmates Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report (Texas Government Code 501.027) (PDF)
• Wrongfully Imprisoned Report FY 2021 (PDF)
• Texas Government Code Chapter 501.103 and Rider 47 Reentry and Parole Referral Report 2021 (PDF)
• Access to Programs by Female Inmates Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report (Texas Government Code 501.027) (PDF)
• Veteran Services (HTML)

Texas Board of Criminal Justice

Meeting agendas, schedules and minutes of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, the governing body for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

• Schedule & Order of Business
• Board Meeting Minutes, June 2010 to Present and Summary of Meeting Minutes March 2007 - April 2010
• Office of the Independent Auditor
• Office of the Inspector General
• Office of the Independent Ombudsman
• Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Ombudsman

Texas Correctional Industries

• Bus Repair Brochure (PDF) (text only)
• Products and Services Brochure (PDF)

Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments (TCOOMMI)

Summarizes the accomplishments and challenges of TCOOMMI during the biennium.

• TCOOMMI - Biennial Report - 2025 (PDF)
• TCOOMMI - Biennial Report - 2023 (PDF)
• TCOOMMI - Biennial Report - 2021 (PDF)
• TCOOMMI Continuity of Care Report FY25 (PDF)
• TCOOMMI Continuity of Care Report FY24 (PDF)
• TCOOMMI Continuity of Care Report FY23 (PDF)
• TCOOMMI Continuity of Care Report FY22 (PDF)

Victim Services

• Integrated Victim Services System (IVSS) Portal User Guide (PDF)
  
  
• Victim Services Division FY 2025 Annual Report (PDF)
• Victim Services Division FY 2024 Annual Report (PDF)
• Victim Services Division FY 2023 Annual Report (PDF)
• Victim Services Division FY 2022 Annual Report (PDF)
• Victim Services Division FY 2021 Annual Report (PDF)
  
  
• Crime Victim Assistance Standards (PDF)
  a publication developed to aid law enforcement officers and attorneys representing the State of Texas
  
  
• Direct Services (PDF)
  a brochure outlining services provided by regional victim service coordinators
  
  
• Do You Know Your Additional Rights As a Crime Victim? (PDF) Spanish (PDF)
  a brochure listing crime victims’ rights that are in addition to the rights found in the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure art. 56A.051-.052
  
  
• Notification & Programs (PDF)
  a brochure containing QR codes for PDF versions of brochures related to each VSD section.
  
  
• Employee Support Services (PDF)
  a brochure outlining services provided by Crisis Response Intervention Support Program Coordinators and Staff Victim Advocates
  
  
• It’s Your Voice (PDF), Spanish (PDF)
  a brochure that explains how the Victim Impact Statement is used in the criminal justice process including its importance and use during court proceedings and the parole review process
  
  
• Safety Plan (PDF) Spanish (PDF)
  general safety plan for victims/survivors of TDCJ offenders
  
  
• Texas Crime Victim Clearinghouse (TxCVC) (PDF) Spanish (PDF)
  a brochure listing the services offered by the TDCJ VSD TxCVC
  
  
• Texas Crime Victims’ Rights (PDF), Spanish (PDF)
  a brochure listing the legal definition of a crime victim and crime victims’ rights found in the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure art. 56A.001(3) and art. 56A.051
  
  
• Texas Victim Resource Directory
  Please click the link to search the online directory for resources in Texas serving victims of crime. The directory is searchable by crime type, services provided, organization type, organization name, and city or county.
  
  
• Victim Impact Statement (VIS)
  please click the link for printable documents related to the VIS
  
  
• Victim Offender Mediation Dialogue (VOMD) (PDF) Spanish (PDF)
  a brochure listing the services offered by the TDCJ VSD VOMD program
  
  
• Victim’s Informer
  a seasonal newsletter that contains information on new and innovative services for crime victims
  
  
• Victim’s Informer Archive
  archive of the quarterly newsletter published by the TDCJ Victim Services Division Texas Crime Victim Clearinghouse
  
  
• Your Rights; Your Voice; Your Participation (PDF), Spanish (PDF)
  a brochure listing the services offered by the TDCJ Victim Services Division
  
  
• TDCJ Staff (PDF)
  a brochure listing rights and services for TDCJ employees who are victims of staff assaults
  
  

How to Download VSD Publications or Receive the Victim’s Informer newsletter:

• The Texas Crime Victim Clearinghouse of the Victim Services Division offers some of its publications online only. To access and download all TDCJ VSD publications, please visit the TDCJ Publications or the Integrated Victim Services System (IVSS) Publications website
  
  
• Victim’s Informer mailing list online form
  You may either request to be added, removed, or update your information by using the online form.

Workforce Committee

• TDCJ Workforce Committee Biannual Report (PDF)