Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, for a new ...

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

Texas prisons were so short-staffed in 2023, the state had to shuttle correctional officers to far-flung facilities where ...

After a second trial and conviction for the 2015 murder of Dominic Thrasher resulted in a life sentence for Justin Michael ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) announced Friday that Andrew Barbee, Director of the Office of Strategic ...

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

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has issued a warrant for the arrest of Juan Jose Solis, a parolee who failed to ...

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

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This article is the second of a two-part series regarding the rise of violent crimes committed by juveniles in Southeast Texas and the effort to give teens new life outside of the criminal justice ...

"No other state has performed as efficiently and effectively as Texas in providing disaster recovery and mitigation funding to communities and residents." Buckingham said the Justice Department ...