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

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

A parolee who served 35 years in prison after a 1985 murder conviction is back in the McLennan County Jail following.

The Commission oversees all county and privately run municipal jails across Texas, helping local governments maintain safe, ...

The jail has been out of compliance since January, when it was issued a notice of non-compliance after being found in ...

More than half of prisoners sentenced to death in the United States have been on death row for more than 18 years. Texas, ...

The rising number of youth sent from counties like Tarrant is helping to push the waitlist for beds in youth prisons to near ...

The Johnson County Sheriff's Office arrested Janette Goering Tuesday on a state charge of aiding in the commission of a July ...

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

The nation's first execution of a person convicted in a "shaken baby syndrome" case was halted Thursday when Texas' highest criminal court ruled in the condemned man's favor ...

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

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