A new bill pending before a Georgia Senate committee would try to force the state out of a multistate group that tries to ...

Judge Robert Pitman says inmates who sued the state could win their case but that the fix is not easy or cheap.

Thirty years ago, music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was killed by her fan club’s president, Yolanda Saldívar. For the ...

Former Nueces County District Attorney Carlos Valdez, who prosecuted the case, believes granting Yolanda Saldívar parole ...

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

An Abilene woman with a San Angelo address has been indicted and arrested for trafficking of a person younger than 18 and ...

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

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has responded to a reported lack of water at the George Beto Unit state prison in Tennessee Colony near Palestine. Visit this ...

UPDATE: The Texas Department of Criminal Justice reported Tuesday morning that water and water pressure has been restored at the George Beto Unit state prison in Tennessee Colony near Palestine. One ...

WICHITA COUNTY (KFDX/KJTL) — The former president of the Patterson Auto Group convicted of trafficking and child sex crimes has been transferred to a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison ...

Staff with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are doing more to help inmates reenter society after they've served their sentences. Donald Trump Announces Major Student Loan Change Next-gen ...