The Texas House Committee on Corrections has finally listened to the concerns of those who are incarcerated in the state's 90 ...

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Children have long been put in migrant detention if they were apprehended at the border. Today, lawyers have found, families ...

A former correctional officer with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department has been arrested and is facing multiple charges ...

After a major hoarding case, Midland County may build an animal facility near the jail — giving both stray pets and inmates a ...

A bipartisan push for jail oversight comes after a North Texas sheriff flouted state law mandating independent investigations ...

Fox News took an exclusive, rare tour of the Montgomery Processing Center in Conroe, Texas — one of ICE's 134 detention ...

A Dallas man has been sentenced to two life terms after pleading guilty to murder and aggravated robbery in the 2022 killing of Stanley Wilcox near Baylor University.

Getting a job soon after getting released from prison is key to reducing recidivism according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Often though, having a criminal record can ...

The Liberty County Jail, ordered to close after a recent fire and a riot, has had "persistent and serious violations" of ...

A judge has recently ruled in the ongoing litigation regarding oppressive heat conditions in Texas prisons. United States District Judge Robert Pitman called the lack of air conditioning in inmate ...

From the NCAA transfer portal this offseason, the Texas Tech football program added at least one ... Fitch has Lee Hunter, Jayden Cofield and Keyshawn Williams working at noseguard. He has Skyler Gill ...