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

The Texas Legislature should give great weight to a series of recommendations aimed at improving the Texas Department of ...

Understaffed and overcrowded, Texas prisons are experiencing worsening conditions that leave both staff and the incarcerated ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott offered President Donald Trump land for more border wall, military bases to house federal authorities ...

It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...

A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% ...

Gov. Greg Abbott, seeking about $11 billion to defray state spending on border security, didn’t come empty handed to ...

Shares of private prison companies have grown since the election. Those facilities could expand under Trump, despite claims ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott and President Donald Trump met at the White House to discuss the situation at the border on ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its immigration crackdown, ...

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, ...