During the prisons-building boom three decades ago, lawmakers allowed private, for-profit corporations to compete for prisons ...

The woman convicted of killing Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, the “Queen of Tejano Music,” could soon be released after 30 years ...

Yolanda Saldivar, convicted of murdering Selena Quintanilla, could be eligible for parole in 2025. SAN ANTONIO — The woman convicted of killing the Queen of Tejano, Selena Quintanilla, could soon be ...

A parole review date for Saldívar, who is incarcerated at a prison in Gatesville according to the Texas Department of ...

Love is a basic human right. Our heart doesn’t stop beating at the prison gates, and orientation isn’t erased by a prison ID.

A Texas Tribune analysis revealed that at least 41 people had died inside Texas prisons in 2023 during the state's record-breaking heat wave.

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announces Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender Raymond Trejo is back in custody following his recent arrest. Authorities arrested Trejo in ...

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

BEAUMONT, Texas — Staff with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) falsified records about how hot it got in at least one Texas prison, according to an internal investigation tied to a ...

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

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

The United States Supreme Court rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate convicted of sexually assaulting and ...