Two-thirds of the state’s roughly 100 jails and prisons in Texas are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing areas.

A proposed $336.1 billion state budget advanced in a key Texas Senate committee Wednesday, setting it up for a floor debate ...

The investigation is tied to a federal lawsuit filed by Bernie Tiede, a Texas man spending life in prison who has reported ...

The investigation was triggered by a federal judge, who questioned the state’s recordkeeping. Inmates are suing the state, ...

Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and ...

David Leonard Wood, known as the "Desert Killer," is scheduled to be executed on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at the Texas ...

David Wood, 67, was sentenced to death in 1992 for the killing of six woman and girls in El Paso, Texas. He has spent nearly ...

A 45-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been sentenced for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine ...

A parole officer was arrested and charged with human trafficking in Abilene, Texas, after allegedly forcing multiple victims into prostitution.

The order came just over 48 hours before David Leonard Wood was set to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday.