Legislation to mandate Texas sheriffs participate in immigration law enforcement is moving closer to a vote at the Texas ...

The legislation comes as Travis County DA Jose Garza faces scrutiny for missing deadlines to formally file charges against ...

The judge ruled Texas prison cell temperatures, which regularly exceed 90 and 100 degrees, likely violate rights against ...

Two-thirds of the state’s roughly 100 jails and prisons in Texas are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing areas.

The list of appointments was posted less than a month after the Star-Telegram found the Texas Commission on Jail Standards ...

A Texas Tribune analysis revealed that at least 41 people had died inside Texas prisons in 2023 during the state's ...

Judge Robert Pitman says inmates who sued the state could win their case but that the fix is not easy or cheap.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...

A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don't have air conditioning is "plainly unconstitutional." ...

People in Maverick County spend months in jail waiting to be charged with minor crimes. Some are simply lost in the system ...

An investigation is underway after an inmate at the Guadalupe County jail died in February, according to the Guadalupe County ...

Under state law, every death in county jail custody triggers an independent investigation. That requirement places too big a ...