Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division

Sergeant Shad Eugene Hammond

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Monday, September 13, 2021

Cause: COVID19

Sergeant Joe Martin Olivares

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Cause: COVID19

Lieutenant Treva T. Preston

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Friday, January 15, 2021

Cause: COVID19

Sergeant Randall Lewis Sims

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Sunday, January 3, 2021

Cause: COVID19

Corrections Officer Kellie Pena

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Friday, September 3, 2010

Cause: Heart attack

Supervisor Stanley A. Wiley

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Wednesday, January 29, 2003

Cause: Stabbed

Inspector Stephen Glenn Stewart

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Friday, January 7, 1994

Cause: Automobile crash

Sergeant Joe F. Gurney

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Friday, August 12, 1988

Cause: Animal related

Warden Wallace M. Pack

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Saturday, April 4, 1981

Cause: Assault

Major Cephus D. Burson

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Wednesday, October 1, 1980

Cause: Heart attack

Guard Nolan Buckhanan

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Wednesday, June 14, 1972

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Major George Alan May

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

Steward Guy Holman, Sr.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Sunday, June 29, 1947

Cause: Stabbed

Guard Benjamin Franklin LaRue

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Saturday, November 23, 1946

Cause: Assault

Guard George T. Preston

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Tuesday, June 20, 1944

Cause: Gunfire

Guard John R. Greer

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Saturday, August 27, 1938

Cause: Stabbed

Guard George Washington Shiflett

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Tuesday, December 8, 1936

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Guard Felix Smith

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Friday, June 19, 1936

Cause: Gunfire

Guard Virgil Welch

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

Guard J R McCall

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Sunday, August 27, 1933

Cause: Gunfire

Guard James B. "Jim" Sneed

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Monday, July 6, 1931

Cause: Gunfire

Dog Sergeant Henry Ward

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Friday, July 27, 1928

Cause: Gunfire

Guard Deb Edward Long

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Thursday, February 2, 1928

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Guard William M. Rader

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Thursday, July 22, 1926

Cause: Gunfire

Guard Early A. Lott

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Thursday, March 25, 1926

Cause: Gunfire

Sergeant Walter Isaac Vandorn

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Saturday, August 12, 1916

Cause: Stabbed

Correction Officer John L. Wylie

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Thursday, April 22, 1909

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Guard James Elliot

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Friday, July 17, 1908

Cause: Assault

Correction Officer Frank Miller

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Saturday, October 7, 1899

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Guard C. B. Foster

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Tuesday, December 4, 1894

Cause: Gunfire

Guard Joe Epperson

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Monday, April 29, 1889

Cause: Gunfire

Sergeant Isreal S. Ewan

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Thursday, December 8, 1887

Cause: Struck by train

Sergeant George W. Taylor

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Saturday, March 15, 1884

Cause: Gunfire

Guard James Monroe Butler

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, TX

EOW: Thursday, May 25, 1882

Cause: Struck by train

K9 Roscoe

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
  • 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
  • Unidentified 1
  • 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