Texas prisons will allow only new softcover books as part of a contraband crackdown.

Christopher Knight Lopez, a 40-year-old Katy man, has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a decade-long investment fraud scheme ...

A female inmate at the Bexar County jail who was hospitalized after an assault by her cellmate earlier in February has died, ...

Fast forward to 2026, where the politics around pretrial release have swung in the other direction. In Texas, and nationally, ...

Mayor John Whitmire says Houston police must cooperate with ICE. Other Texas police departments aren't so sure.

Texas' new Giles W. Dalby Unit in Post, a $110M correctional facility, opens with a focus on rehabilitation and reentry ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion this month that in-custody deaths outside of jails don’t require independent investigations. The opinion ...

The court-ordered deadline for the U.S. government to facilitate the return of a Babson College student mistakenly deported ...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris endorsed U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett in Texas' Democratic primary for U.S. Senate ...

It’s week four of being Behind the Badge with the Wichita County Sheriff’s Office Citizens Academy, and students now get a full look inside the James V. Allred Unit.

A new audit found the Harris County Sheriff's Office is not following state law.

Two of Texas’ most wanted fugitives were arrested by DPS and U.S. Marshals. Carl James Hegert captured in Houston on larceny and sex offender warrants. Brien Keith Coleman arrested in Waco on ...