San Jacinto County prosecuted nearly 300 misdemeanor cases in 2023. In this poor region, nestled in the piney woods of East ...

Nearly 60 percent of formerly incarcerated people remain unemployed a year after release, according to numbers from the ...

Texas reports as many as 1,700 victims of human trafficking every year. Many are prosecuted for actions they were forced to ...

The five bills that would require complete air conditioning in state prisons haven’t had a hearing yet, and the money set for ...

"It truly brings me so much joy to see them graduate at the end of the program. I feel so much joy hearing them describe what ...

Texas Senate Republicans and one Democrat approved the nomination of a formerly indicted Austin officer to a watchdog agency.

Lawmakers are pursuing legislative changes that would keep more people locked up in overcrowded county jails while awaiting ...

One Senate Democrat joined Republicans, providing the margin needed to approve Justin Berry to the state law-enforcement ...

U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett, a Democrat from Texas, made remarks during a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on ...