Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division
Correctional Officer III Jovian Motley
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, November 13, 2023
Cause: Asphyxiation
Correctional Officer III Kaitlyn Breanne Ritnour
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Saturday, September 3, 2022
Cause: Automobile crash
Correctional Officer IV Jade Drennan
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Thursday, May 19, 2022
Cause: COVID19
Correctional Officer V Lonnie D. Johnson, Jr.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Sunday, March 6, 2022
Cause: COVID19
Correctional Officer V Jose Ruiz
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Cause: COVID19
Correctional Officer V Kay W. Zeger, Jr.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Sunday, February 13, 2022
Cause: COVID19
Correctional Officer IV John Baron "Barry" Broadaway
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Employee Darrell Avery
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Sunday, February 6, 2022
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V Mark A. Loecken
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, January 10, 2022
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V Kevin Dupree
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V Thomas Scott Collora
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer IV Garland Chaney
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V Melissa Ruth Maldonado
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Sunday, October 3, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer IV Charles Ronald Hughes
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Saturday, September 25, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V Connell Foreman
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Saturday, September 25, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V Cleadas Gilberto Sherman
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V Christopher Damon Watson, Sr.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, September 13, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V Jose Angel Hernandez
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, September 13, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer III Echo Rodriguez
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Sunday, September 12, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Employee Codie Whitley-Turner
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Thursday, September 9, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V Glenn R. Skeens, Jr.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer IV Honorato Antones
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Friday, September 3, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Laundry Manager III Lakeisha Monique Brantley
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer IV Daniel Joseph Giorgi
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Sunday, July 25, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer Jimmy Garcia
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Thursday, April 15, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer Luis Arturo Hernandez, Sr.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer III Tracey Annette Adams
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Saturday, March 6, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer IV Taiwo Caroline Obele
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer IV Vickie V. James
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Correctional Officer IV Maria Garcia
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Friday, January 22, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Friday, January 15, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer IV Alfred Jimenez, Jr.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Friday, January 15, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Sunday, January 3, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V Joe Charlie Landin
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, December 28, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V Phillip D. Holbert
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Sunday, December 27, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer IV Harold Paul "Skip" Smith, Jr.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V Timothy Lee Beggs
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer Rodrick L. Rodgers
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Correctional Officer Donald Eugene Parker
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Thursday, October 1, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V James Willard Weston, Jr.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V Herbert James Garcia
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, August 17, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V Elizabeth A. Jones
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Saturday, August 15, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer IV Lebouath A. Boua
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V Eric Trivonte Johnson
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, July 27, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer IV Ruben Martinez
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Thursday, July 23, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer IV Jackson M. Pongay
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Sunday, July 19, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V Jerry Esparza
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer Kenneth Wayne Harbin
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Saturday, July 4, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V Thomas Adedayo Ogungbire
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Thursday, June 11, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V Maria Luisa Mendez
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Saturday, May 9, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V Jesse Wayne Bolton
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Friday, May 8, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V James David Coleman
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer Coy Dale Coffman, Jr.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Sunday, April 26, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer V Jonathon Keith Goodman, Sr.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer IV Kelvin D. Wilcher
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, April 6, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Corrections Officer Shana Renee Tedder
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Friday, June 9, 2017
Cause: Heart attack
Corrections Officer IV Mari Anne Johnson
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Saturday, July 16, 2016
Cause: Assault
Corrections Officer II Timothy A. Davison
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Cause: Assault
Corrections Officer V Christopher A. Davis
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Cause: Automobile crash
Corrections Officer V Eligio Ruiz Garcia, Jr.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Cause: Automobile crash
Corrections Officer IV Craig Allan Orrell
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Thursday, May 12, 2011
Cause: Heart attack
Corrections Officer Kellie Pena
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Friday, September 3, 2010
Cause: Heart attack
Sergeant Barbara Leggett Shumate
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Friday, June 13, 2008
Cause: Automobile crash
Corrections Officer Susan Louise Canfield
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, September 24, 2007
Cause: Vehicular assault
Corrections Officer John Murphy Bennett
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Thursday, July 17, 2003
Cause: Automobile crash
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Wednesday, January 29, 2003
Cause: Stabbed
Corrections Officer Daniel James Nagle
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Friday, December 17, 1999
Cause: Stabbed
Corrections Officer II Wilmot A. Burnett
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Thursday, December 16, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Corrections Officer III Francisco F. Garza
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, May 31, 1999
Cause: Automobile crash
Corrections Officer Bill C. Himstedt
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Friday, August 7, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash
Correctional Officer James Dimanoff
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Tuesday, October 14, 1997
Cause: Fall
Corrections Sergeant Timothy Parsley
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Tuesday, October 1, 1996
Cause: Heart attack
Inspector Stephen Glenn Stewart
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Friday, January 7, 1994
Cause: Automobile crash
Corrections Employee Sidney L. Lyons
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Sunday, November 19, 1989
Cause: Fall
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Friday, August 12, 1988
Cause: Animal related
Corrections Officer Minnie R. Houston
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, June 3, 1985
Cause: Stabbed
Corrections Employee Robert A. Hunt
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Wednesday, June 6, 1984
Cause: Accidental
Correctional Officer Dalton B. Cawthray
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Thursday, January 5, 1984
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Saturday, April 4, 1981
Cause: Assault
Corrections Employee Billy M. Moore
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Saturday, April 4, 1981
Cause: Gunfire
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Wednesday, October 1, 1980
Cause: Heart attack
Correctional Officer John B. Brown
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, July 18, 1977
Cause: Fall
Correctional Officer Edward Carter
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, May 31, 1976
Cause: Fall
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Wednesday, June 14, 1972
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Friday, September 17, 1971
Cause: Aircraft accident
Major Robert Alexander Arrington
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Friday, September 17, 1971
Cause: Aircraft accident
Warden Bobbie B. "Dub" Bullard
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Thursday, June 6, 1963
Cause: Heart attack
Corrections Officer Charles Jesse Baker
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Tuesday, July 21, 1959
Cause: Accidental
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Sunday, June 29, 1947
Cause: Stabbed
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Saturday, November 23, 1946
Cause: Assault
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Tuesday, June 20, 1944
Cause: Gunfire
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Saturday, August 27, 1938
Cause: Stabbed
Guard John Cleophus "Johnny" Ford
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, October 4, 1937
Cause: Drowned
Guard George Washington Shiflett
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Tuesday, December 8, 1936
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Friday, June 19, 1936
Cause: Gunfire
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Friday, May 10, 1935
Cause: Gunfire
Prison Guard Major Joe Crowson
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Saturday, January 27, 1934
Cause: Gunfire
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Sunday, August 27, 1933
Cause: Gunfire
Correction Officer John R. Hinson
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Thursday, November 3, 1932
Cause: Assault
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, July 6, 1931
Cause: Gunfire
Corrections Officer Tommy Mellie Starnes
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Thursday, June 11, 1931
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Correction Officer Sidney Albert Syms
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Saturday, September 29, 1928
Cause: Gunfire
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Friday, July 27, 1928
Cause: Gunfire
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Thursday, February 2, 1928
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Thursday, July 22, 1926
Cause: Gunfire
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Thursday, March 25, 1926
Cause: Gunfire
Assistant Warden Dewitt Frisby Oliver
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Saturday, September 17, 1921
Cause: Fall
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Saturday, August 12, 1916
Cause: Stabbed
Correction Officer Charles E. Claiborne
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, August 9, 1915
Cause: Weather/Natural disaster
Correction Officer John L. Wylie
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Thursday, April 22, 1909
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Friday, July 17, 1908
Cause: Assault
Correction Officer Joseph F. "Joe" Wilkerson
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, April 23, 1906
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Correction Officer Frank Miller
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Saturday, October 7, 1899
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Correction Officer H. D. Parsons
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Tuesday, July 26, 1898
Cause: Gunfire
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Tuesday, December 4, 1894
Cause: Gunfire
Correction Officer James Jackson
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, December 15, 1890
Cause: Gunfire
Correction Officer Jesse F. Goodwin
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, July 14, 1890
Cause: Gunfire
Correction Officer Benjamin Williamson
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, June 30, 1890
Cause: Gunfire
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Monday, April 29, 1889
Cause: Gunfire
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Thursday, December 8, 1887
Cause: Struck by train
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Saturday, March 15, 1884
Cause: Gunfire
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Thursday, May 25, 1882
Cause: Struck by train
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX
EOW: Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Total Line of Duty Deaths: 124
- Accidental 2
- Aircraft accident 2
- Animal related 1
- Asphyxiation 1
- Assault 6
- Automobile crash 9
- COVID19 55
- Drowned 1
- Fall 5
- Gunfire 18
- Gunfire (Inadvertent) 8
- Heart attack 6
- Stabbed 6
- Struck by train 2
- Vehicular assault 1
- Weather/Natural disaster 1
By Month
- January 11
- February 6
- March 6
- April 10
- May 8
- June 12
- July 17
- August 12
- September 17
- October 9
- November 6
- December 10
By Gender
- Male 106
- Female 18
K9 Line of Duty Deaths: 1
- Struck by vehicle 1