A reentry program near Waco, Texas, has proven successful. Not only does every participant come out with a job, but their ...

GATESVILLE — As Amanda Morgan walked out of state prison ... Daniel Unit about 40 miles west of Waco. “I’m going to be good.” Morgan is one of 30 women who graduated last week from STRIVE, a highly ...

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%.

James Davis Jr. reportedly tied to smuggle the contraband into the Larry Gist State Jail using a food container.

Hughes Unit in Coryell ... from the Texas Attorney General’s Office.(iStock / Getty Images/iStockphoto) A leader of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, a white supremacist prison gang, has died ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — A correctional officer at the Stiles Unit in Beaumont has been arrested for allegedly bringing drugs into the prison, less than four months after a previous arrest for felony ...

A Texas man was sentenced to prison in connection with the murder of 25-year-old Jasmine Muldoon. Screengrab from Patricia Jo's Facebook page. A Texas man was sentenced to prison after agreeing to ...

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 ...