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

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

Other Texas bills would require display of the Ten Commandments and allow for prayer time in the classroom.

According to documents, Marvin Pineda, 47, an acquaintance of the 9-year-old victim’s family from Honduras, was at their New ...

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 ...

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

A federal judge’s finding that extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional could lead to the state being ordered to ...

About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

Texan authorities have been criticized over extreme heat in their prison system, where temperatures can routinely rise above ...

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

Jail deaths were not independently investigated by Fort Worth police, records show. A potential loophole in Texas law made ...