A Gholson teen free on bond in a 2021 capital murder case is back in the McLennan County Jail after police say he assaulted ...

There's a huge discrepancy in bond amounts for similar charges in Bexar County alone. Brad Simpson, accused of killing his ...

Texas led the nation in the absolute number of new prisoners, adding 5,859 new incarcerations in one year, while several states saw higher increases in terms of percentage, raising concerns about a ...

Benjamin Hanil Song is accused of participating in the July Fourth assault near the Prairieland Detention Center, where ...

Despite receiving substantial state funding to air-condition prisons in the last few years, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has stayed mum on when it will install cooling across the system.

CNN's Shimon Prokupecz was snapped at by officials at a press conference on the Texas flood disaster when he pressed for ...

A former Army soldier most recently stationed in Texas pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to hack into telecommunications ...

“The criminal justice system now has the appropriate tool in ... The woman froze. Previously, Texas laws did not consider this a crime since consent was not explicitly denied, but now that consent has ...

Nonetheless, if it’s left to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who recently made an unprecedented intervention in the case, Roberson could be dead by the time his appeal is heard. And what Paxton ...

The families of three Texas inmates who died during the state's 2023 heat wave are suing the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), in a wrongful death lawsuit against the state's lack of air ...

Willis looked down at her bloody hands and knees after crawling for 22 hours on her way to the Texas Capitol to advocate for a change in state sexual assault law.

According to court documents, Claybrook is charged in Montgomery County, Texas, with possession with intent to distribute ...