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.

Ruben makes a stop in Silverton where he learns about the old Briscoe County Jail that has been standing for over 130 years.

Elizabeth Holmes, serving time for fraud, reflects on prison life, motherhood, and personal growth while maintaining her ...

Those housed in the O'Daniel Unit in Gatesville, including such names as Melissa Lucio, have had their lives touched by a ...

HOUSTON — A man who escaped custody in Waller County in January is now a Texas top 10 most wanted sex offender. The Waller County Sheriff's Office said Salvador Saucedo, escaped while undergoing tests ...

A Florida state senator has filed a bill to make the newly official name "Gulf of America" consistent throughout state ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its immigration crackdown, the federal Bureau of Prisons said Friday, returning ...

It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated mental illness or substance abuse. A new law will help them get Medicaid.

Steven Nelson, a 37-year-old convicted killer, became the first person executed in Texas in 2025. Nelson was put to death by lethal injection for ...

Texas will put to death on Wednesday a man convicted of the brutal 2011 killing of a Dallas-area pastor in his own church ...

At the signing of the Laken Riley Act, President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hold up to 30,000 migrants who are ...