Texas jail commission begins appointing outside agencies to investigate custody deaths
The list of appointments was posted less than a month after the Star-Telegram found the Texas Commission on Jail Standards ...
Former Dallas, Texas man gets life in prison in sexual abuse of ex-girlfriend’s daughter
Jurors in Waco’s 19th State District Court deliberated about 90 minutes before convicting Jayson R. Hilliard on the ...
Investigation finds Texas prison staff falsified records about temperatures
The investigation is tied to a federal lawsuit filed by Bernie Tiede, a Texas man spending life in prison who has reported ...
Texas Rangers to investigate inmate's death, sheriff's office says no suspicious circumstances
A 53-year-old Cooke County Jail inmate died Thursday at a Denton medical facility. He was identified as Frank Joe Ramirez, 53, from Granbury, who had been in jail since Tuesday on warrants. The Cooke ...