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% ...

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.

Shares of private prison companies have grown since the election. Those facilities could expand under Trump, despite claims ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mason and his son, Devon Mason, 30, both were charged as habitual criminals with possession of a controlled substance with ...

The arrests, part of President Trump’s mass deportation offensive, collared a previously deported Mexican cartel hitman.

A soldier who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing another soldier’s 15-year-old daughter at Fort Campbell was sentenced to ...