Faced with more immediate funding needs, state officials haven’t asked for more money for rehabilitation programs, such as ...

It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...

Valentino Valdez was given his birth certificate, his Social Security card, a T-shirt, and khaki pants when he was released from a Texas prison in 2019 at age 21. But he didn't have health insurance, ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its immigration crackdown, ...

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been paid in cases involving 3 ex-cops: Jon Burge, Reynaldo Guevara and Ronald Watts. And more than 220 lawsuits are still pending. Beleaguered taxpayers might end ...

NEWS FROM THE ISSUE OF APRIL 17, 2009 Litchfield students can look forward to a longer-than-normal summer break this year, but it’s not without a downside. The next school year ...

Nidia Heston always had a plan for her son Quin but nothing could have prepared her when her son’s school wouldn’t enroll him ...

The move escalates the state’s efforts to improve conditions in Harris County’s jail system, which has struggled to comply ...