The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, or TDCJ, will take control and staff two prisons in Central Texas later this year ...

The federal lawsuit claims that the inmates—Jon Southards, Elizabeth Hagerty, and John Skinner—had disabilities that made ...

The board controlling the state prison system held its June meeting in Bryan. Action items included moving ahead with adding ...

Continued collaboration between justice stakeholders and a targeted approach to reducing time for case disposition will be critical for a sustainable reduction in jail population, according to county ...

Data shows that migrants at some detention centers in the Houston area are being held, on average, more than twice as long ...

The families of Jon Southards, Elizabeth Hagerty and John Skinner are suing the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in ...

Three families, whose relatives died while in Texas prisons during a summer heat wave, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in US ...

A new filing with the Texas Workforce Commission showed about 900 Texans would be without a job by the end of August. The root cause: The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is taking over the reins ...

Justice Thomas has said the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Due Process clause created a "tool for obstruction." ...

While sitting in the back of the patrol car, Hagan told police the next time 'there wouldn't be a warning, that he would kill her,' the DA's office said.

For the second time in as many years, the Supreme Court intervened as Texas prisoners sought to navigate the Lone Star ...