Texas state prisons currently comprise 134,000 inmates, including 175 on death row. But, no one knows how many of them are ...

A Texas man convicted of fatally stabbing twin 16-year-old girls decades ago is facing execution. Garcia White is scheduled ...

Books on coding, tax preparation, gambling, tai chi and wrestling are also on the no-no list. The Texas Department of ...

Texas’ sprawling prison and criminal justice system is facing a dangerous staffing crisis that puts inmates and staff at risk ...

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Under a little-known Texas elections law, state prison inmates who are actively appealing their convictions are eligible to ...

A report reveals severe staffing shortages and heightened violence within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Surveillance video from a nearby school showed the victim pull up to the scene in his pickup. The shooter, who was on foot, ...

Richard Tanner Ozment had recently been released from a Texas prison after serving about 10 years of a 40-year sentence on a ...

The Sunset Advisory Commission believes the agency that spent nearly $4 billion last year has system flaws that the 189 page ...

The Texas Legislature should step in and provide the funding so incarcerated people aren’t forced to endure life-threatening ...

Garcia White delivered a chilling final address in front of the victims’ families before breaking out into hymnsong moments ...