A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% ...

At 54 years old, Darren Wallace is in his second semester of law school at the University of North Texas at Dallas.

FORT WORTH – The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office has appointed a new chief jailer to oversee a facility that has faced ...

A coalition of Republicans and Democrats won an unprecedented battle for House speaker. Dustin Burrows should focus on core ...

State agencies and institutes of higher education are asking Texas lawmakers for $24.6 billion in new money over the next two ...

Ahead of the legislative session beginning Tuesday, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced that Texas has a nearly $24 ...

A former Texas Department of Criminal Justice Employee has agreed to plead guilty to charges related to bringing contraband ...

A convicted sexual offender was arrested on suspicion of having more than 50 child pornography images while staying at a Horizon City halfway house.

The 29-year-old was convicted of child sex trafficking after a girl's attorney says the teen was kidnapped and assaulted at a ...

Izzaiah Delgado, 23, of Lubbock, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to two counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. Delgado ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - An oversight committee now wants the state to close jails and prisons amid staffing shortages. This ...