Faced with more immediate funding needs, state officials haven’t asked for more money for rehabilitation programs, such as ...

Jasmine was a beacon of light in the lives of all who knew her, always bringing warmth and kindness to her community,” a ...

A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% ...

It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...

James Lemarc Byrd, a leader of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, was found guilty of orchestrating a kidnapping. He soaked a piece of bread in the man’s blood and made him eat it, prosecutors said.

Understaffed and overcrowded, Texas prisons are experiencing worsening conditions that leave both staff and the incarcerated ...

Federal prosecutors said Andrew Taake attacked U.S. Capitol police officers with a metal whip and bear spray. He pleaded ...

A registered sex offender accused of attempting to break into a Wichita Falls ISD elementary school in March 2023 and ...

The Texas Legislature should give great weight to a series of recommendations aimed at improving the Texas Department of ...

A Texas man convicted of killing his girlfriend because she had an abortion has been sentenced to life in prison. Monday's ...

A man who kidnapped a 13-year-old girl at gunpoint in Texas, then repeatedly sexually assaulted her while driving her to Long Beach, where she was rescued by waving a “help me” note to passersby, was ...