But inside the prison chapel, there's silence only disrupted by laughter between friends or affirmations about redemption, ...

Texas’ new tool to help with jail releases is a welcome step toward fixing a costly and frustrating process in the Dallas ...

Raymond Johnson’s execution in Oklahoma is the first of five executions scheduled across the country over eight days.

RUSK, Texas (KETK)– A former corrections officer with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is awaiting a ...

Samuel Lee Thomas IV, 26, pleaded guilty to conspiring to assault an inmate at TDCJ Hodge Unit in Rusk. He faces up to 10 ...

A former correctional officer with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights ...

The deaths represent a relatively small portion of people in Texas prisons. But Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials told state lawmakers Monday it's evidence of a statewide struggle to curb ...

A decision whether to mandate air conditioning inside Texas prisons is in the hands of a federal judge, as advocacy organizations try to force the state to address what they allege are dangerous, ...

On May 20, 2026, the Decatur County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Jackson Police Department SWAT Team, executed ...

A man found unconscious and not breathing in his Madison County Jail cell on Sunday died, law enforcement announced. Jail ...

Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan and two guards have been sued, with the lawsuit saying a man was killed by a cellmate ...

Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan and two guards have been sued, with the lawsuit saying the man was killed by a ...