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, ...
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas prison system is making it easier and safer to handle court appearances. On Tuesday, the Department ...
Understaffed and overcrowded, Texas prisons are experiencing worsening conditions that leave both staff and the incarcerated ...
Marco Antonio Morales-Perez and Pablo Torres-Zaragoza were each sentenced to more than 21 years in prison, the U.S.
President Donald Trump’s administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its immigration crackdown, ...
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas prison system is making it easier and safer to handle court appearances. On Tuesday, the Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) announced it's expanding a program that ...
"When they get off the bus, they've been given $100 as well from the prison system, and they don't know what to do," said ...
Why does Louisiana lock up so many of its citizens? How did a broad coalition come together to reduce the prison population ...
It’s not the most typical classroom, but University of North Texas criminal justice students said that sharing a class with ...