TDCJ Institutes Immediate Lockdown On All Texas Prisons to Combat Rise in Violence and DrugsTDCJ Institutes Immediate Lockdown On All Texas Prisons to Combat Rise in Violence and DrugsThe TDCJ has instituted a systemwide lockdown to being intensified searches to help combat the contraband coming into the prisons and to curb the violence. Lori CroffordLori Crofford