A division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice opened a conflict of interest investigation this week into the tens of ...

A jury found Cedric Ricks guilty of capital murder in the stabbing deaths of his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son.

Gov. Greg Abbott and Houston Mayor John Whitmire are taking action to address homelessness in two major cities in Texas after ...

A federal appeals court has partly upheld a $1 million verdict for a Texas correctional officer fired after a disability ...

Separated from the general prison population, Texas death row inmates spend at least 22 hours a day alone in their cells.

The busiest death chamber in the country is located inside the maximum-security prison in Huntsville, Texas, known as the ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is searching for a wanted parolee with ties to San Antonio.A warrant has been issued ...

A Webb County Sheriff's Office employee allegedly confessed to continuous sexual abuse of a minor Friday after the victim ...

An East Texas veteran received a life-changing companion this weekend thanks to a special program from Rusk County Pets Alive ...

Austin city leaders have expressed concern and frustration over what they said is a lack of coordination from the state regarding the operation.

If unclaimed after an execution, the state pays for cremation or burial, and the remains are buried at the Captain Joe Byrd ...

According to jail records and the Potter County Sheriff's Office, two Texas Department of Criminal Justice employees were arrested at the Clements Unit for alleged Criminally Negligent Homicide and ...