Two-thirds of the state’s roughly 100 jails and prisons in Texas are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing areas.

A Texas man found guilty of killing his daughter’s boyfriend has been sentenced to life in prison, officials say and news ...

The investigation was triggered by a federal judge, who questioned the state’s recordkeeping. Inmates are suing the state, ...

The investigation is tied to a federal lawsuit filed by Bernie Tiede, a Texas man spending life in prison who has reported ...

The investigation was ordered by federal judge hearing a case on whether heat in Texas prisons qualifies as cruel and unusual ...

A 45-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been sentenced for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine ...

A Texas man faces 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to a dozen counts of animal cruelty. The 23-year-old was captured ...

Defense attorney Heath Harris forcefully rejected a Dallas County DA motion seeking to disqualify him from representing Texas ...

In the late summer of 2023, Jeremy Busby was brutally attacked by a cellmate in the Texas prison where he was being held.

Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and ...