Juan Arturo Mendoza, 32, was charged by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas with assault, resisting or ...

Trying to hide what happened, the man set the officer's truck and body on fire after shooting him while burglarizing the ...

A Texas correctional officer killed while escorting a prisoner to his cell was beaten to death with a two-foot, "pry bar" tool guards carry to unlock the small meal tray openings in cell doors ...

Texas had a 40.3% turnover rate for correctional officer positions in 2021, according to a 2022 report released by the Texas State Auditor’s Office. The turnover rate for officers increased by ...

NEW BOSTON, Texas – A corrections officer escorting an inmate to his cell was beaten to death Wednesday at a far northeast Texas prison, Department of Criminal Justice officials said.

DALLAS — Behind the walls of the Hutchins State Jail in southern Dallas County, the inmates are afraid they will contract COVID-19. So are the correctional officers. “I’m scared every day. I ...

EDINBURG, Texas – A former Texas Juvenile Justice Department correctional officer has been arrested for crimes against a child in an Edinburg correctional facility.. Gerardo Puente, 27, has been ...

A 70-year-old corrections officer died by suicide Monday after shooting himself with his service weapon at a Huntsville prison, officials said. Authorities did not release the man's name, but said ...

Texas prisons were so short staffed in 2023 the state spent more than $111,000 on rental cars for correctional officers to drive to far-flung rural facilities to cover temporary shifts that couldn ...