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 ...

Internal investigation reveals Texas prison employees falsified temperature logs to conceal dangerous conditions for inmates and staff.

The investigation was ordered by federal judge hearing a case on whether heat in Texas prisons qualifies as cruel and unusual ...

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, ...

Raymond Lee Trejo, a 35-year-old from Abilene, Texas, and one of the state's 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders, has been ...

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announces Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender Raymond Trejo is back in custody ...

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 Stilwell, Okla. on ...

The oldest woman on Texas death row is Linda Carty, who will be 67 this year, so no female made our list of 70+. There are only six of women on Texas Death Row*, you can read about Carty and the ...

ABELINE - The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced that Raymond Trejo, one of Texas' 10 Most Wanted Sex ...

The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially back in the prisons.