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

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

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

A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties ...

The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate for potential criminal charges against any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigrat ...

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

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

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has announced the appointment of Daniel Dickerson and L.E. Townsend as deputy division directors of the Correctional Institutions Division, effective February ...

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

Faculty and staff at Georgia Northwestern Technical College have nominated five of their peer instructors for the Rick ...

The documentary, directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Smriti Mundhra for MTV Documentary Films, focuses on the days leading up to Ramirez's execution as he sought forgiveness from his victim’s son.

"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 ...