During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's ...

A man who escaped custody in Waller County in January is now a Texas top 10 most wanted sex offender. The Waller County ...

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

Texas is scheduled to execute a man convicted of killing two men as part of a 2004 dispute with his boss at a strip club, and ...

Nelson's execution approaches on the heels of a blizzard of media attention and political advocacy on behalf of another Texas ...

Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...

Will Taylor County need to relocate inmates during a much-needed jail roof repair? At this week’s commissioners court meeting ...

The package of bills would tighten the state's bail laws to keep more people in jail — including undocumented immigrants — ...

Salvador Saucedo, who's still on the run, allegedly used hospital equipment to pick the locks on his handcuffs and leg irons and ran off while the deputy guarding him went to the restroom.

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.

The Texas Legislature should give great weight to a series of recommendations aimed at improving the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Among them is ...

Law enforcement officials confirm an Alabama inmate was captured at a Buc-ee's in Texas after traveling more than 600 miles away from the jail he escaped from.