Staff with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are doing more to help inmates reenter society after they've served their ...

The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially back in the prisons.

A search of TDCJ’s inmate records revealed that Patterson is incarcerated at the Middleton Unit in Abilene. Records indicate ...

With a 2-1 decision, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals last week sent Brittany Marlowe Holberg's 1998 murder conviction ...

Thirty-seven years to the day, the state of Texas is set to execute Wood for the killing of six of those victims, who bodies ...

“The health and safety of our staff and inmate population is our highest priority,” Haney said.

A federal appeals court tossed Brittany Holberg's death sentence after it found that prosecutors failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant.

The order came just over 48 hours before David Leonard Wood was set to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday.

TENNESSEE COLONY, Texas (KLTV) - Officials at an Anderson County prison say water service has been fixed after families of inmates raised concerns. “Water and water pressure have been restored to the ...

Texas may have found an unlikely ally -- the inmates themselves. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is now looking to expand its Recovery Housing Opportunity Program to facilities across the ...