As a part of a yearlong study, Texas county jails are collecting data about pregnant inmates’ prenatal care, mental health ...

A trustee's walk‑off from a county laundry facility raised fresh questions about oversight and inmate supervision.

"When they do their checks the officers are supposed to write the date, the time that the check was done...the officer failed to document that check," said JWC Sheriff Joseph "Guy" Baker.

Officials said construction on the new jailhouse could start in September, but it won't be available for inmates until two years later.

Once billed as rehabilitative alternatives to prisons, these facilities are the sites of fatal overdoses—like that which ended the life of a Texan named Jackie Wiley. At 4:50 p.m. on May 25, 2024, a ...

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A Texas detention expert says turning a Hutchins warehouse into an ICE facility would fail basic standards and raise major ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is asking companies to submit proposals for how they would provide round-the-clock services to transport immigrant detainees from Texas ...

In May 2018, Ruby McPeters was eight months pregnant when she was booked into Hood County Jail on a probation violation. Just ...