After three sessions, Texas lawmakers passed a bill last month that defines consent and fixes what advocates called a ...

Critics of the current magistration system say it wastes taxpayers' money and can substantially increase the time offenders ...

Judge Catherine A. Mauzy of the 419th Civil District Court granted the temporary injunction Friday, June 20 during a hearing ...

Dallas County has an ongoing pattern of detaining people for weeks past their release dates, derailing lives and compounding the jail’s overcrowding crisis.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, or TDCJ, will take control and staff two prisons in Central Texas later this year ...

A KXAN investigation — prompted by the release of an Austin man charged with capital murder after a Travis County judge ...

As the University of Houston-Victoria works to transition into the Texas A&M University System, Nadya Pittendrigh finds ...

In 2025, proposals aimed at reshaping Texas’s criminal justice system are gaining traction. As the legislature and advocacy groups push for new policies, Arlington residents with pending or past charg ...

Texans are among 324 individuals nationwide indicted in a massive health care fraud crackdown. These schemes involve over $14 ...

In the spirit of Frederick Douglass’ historic speech, 20 currently and formerly incarcerated Americans explain what ...

Children and families are suffering unbearable anxiety that their family could be next. And when the threat of an arrest ...

Shannon McShane, a former parental evaluator in Colorado, was sentenced to four years in prison for lying about her ...