The Texas Commission on Jail Standards has named Lubbock County Sheriff Kelly Rowe as its chair. Here's what to know.

Former Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson was arrested Sunday morning in Texas and booked into jail on ...

Data shows a growing number of people in Travis County jails find themselves facing deportation after sometimes routine ...

Twenty-four bodies were recovered from Houston bayous this year, but police say the cases aren’t linked. Here’s what we know ...

At least 15 people have died in pretrial detention just this year at Texas’s notorious Harris County Jail. Truthout is a ...

The new short film Criminal highlights the injustices of the criminal legal system with a look at how for-profit bail preys ...

Miles Fridrich, who is facing a murder charge in the stabbing death of Conroe doctor Talat Khan, was transferred back to the ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday directed state agencies to begin a concerted operation to remove homeless encampments and ...

Abbott said unhoused individuals who violate state law or local ordinances will be arrested, and debris from encampments will ...

Nicholas Ray of Spring, Texas, was hit with 12 state charges after he threatened to hang Laura Loomer “from the capitol.” ...

The approval also comes as the Harris County Jail has continuously remained out of compliance with the state's minimum jail ...

A Texas Christian singer and worship minister born without arms from the Houston area became an inspiration for his ...