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

Authorities identified Edgar Garcia, Jr. as the primary distributor in a drug trafficking organization operating throughout ...

Investigators found nearly a dozen firearms from different people. The guns were either sold as part of the narcotics sales or used to guard illegal drugs.

Retention and recruitment issues aren’t unique to Tarrant County Jail, although other Texas facilities appear to be worse off, as the state's prisons operate with an officer vacancy rate of 70%.

On Monday, a Texas judge sentenced Dallas man Harold Thompson to life in prison. Thompson’s sentencing comes after a jury convicted him of killing his partner, Gabriela Gonzalez, for having an ...

A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% staff turnover rate. Audio recording is automated for accessibility.

The Texas agency that manages the state’s prisons and jails should close correctional facilities with staffing challenges and do a better job at supervising inmate rehabilitation programs ...

DALLAS – January often inspires many people to pursue passions in the New Year. Darren Wallace shows that age shouldn't stop dreams from becoming a reality. At 54 years old, he is in his second ...

(iStock / Getty Images/iStockphoto) A leader of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, a white supremacist prison gang, has died in state prison almost 10 years after he was convicted at a trial in ...

(The Texas Tribune) — The Texas agency that manages the state’s prisons and jails should close correctional facilities with staffing challenges and do a better job at supervising inmate ...