The state is required by law to complete the comprehensive inspections every two years, while more limited reviews are ...

Years later, in 1931, the general manager of the prison system, Marshall Lee Simmons, dreamed up the idea of the prison rodeo ...

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You could also face charges under Texas law. Interference with public duties is typically a Class B misdemeanor, punishable ...

An inmate serving prison time in a Texas state jail for burglary is facing additional charges after DNA linked the man to two ...

A Houston man's death Wednesday is the first of the year of a Harris County inmate .

Texas police officer Elijah Garretson, a 27-year-old Army veteran, was shot and killed while trying to arrest a wanted ...

Five staff members from the George Beto Unit state prison near Tennessee Colony have been relieved of duty after a recent ...

Denton County entered an ICE 287(g) agreement allowing deputies to perform limited immigration duties after Dallas rejected ...

An inmate was rushed to the hospital and died after a medical emergency on Wednesday, HCSO says. This is Harris County's ...

A 55-year-old man died Wednesday after a medical emergency inside the Harris County Jail, according to the sheriff's office.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as Lenton Gallow Jr., 55. He was booked into the jail on Jan. 5 on ...