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.

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 ...

Texas corrections officers are driving long distances to cover shifts in remote areas as the Department of Criminal Justice ...

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

Houston-area rapper and convicted sex offender South Park Mexican (SPM) denied parole on January 13. He is next eligible for ...

The annual report tells the stories of several individuals who faced execution in 2024 despite evidence that they were not ...

Thirty years after the death of the Mexican American singer, Saldívar, 63, filed a petition for parole in Texas, according to ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a motion which made it possible for death row inmate Robert Roberson not to be ...