A bipartisan push for jail oversight comes after a North Texas sheriff flouted state law mandating independent investigations ...

State lawmakers and criminal justice experts offer some insight into what drives the lawmaking process in Texas and whether ...

The Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a 2019 attack targeting Hispanic shoppers at an El Paso Walmart is set to plead guilty to murder charges.

Edward Estrada's client already had admitted to skimming - installing devices inside gas pumps to steal customers' credit ...

The Liberty County Jail, ordered to close after a recent fire and a riot, has had "persistent and serious violations" of ...

Saying the only way he will leave prison will be in a coffin, a state district judge on Monday accepted the guilty pleas of ...

The jail in the county northeast of Houston has been out of compliance with the minimum standards of the Texas Commission on ...

El Paso Walmart shooter Patrick Crusius pleaded guilty to state charges in the Aug. 3, 2019 massacre on Monday, April 21, and ...

The Senate bill was written by state Sen. Phil King, whose district includes much ... of a provision of civil service ...

State officials are ordering the Liberty County Jail to shut down, citing longstanding life-threatening conditions.