The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced that a revised book policy aimed at curbing the flow of illegal narcotics ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice will no longer allow books with hard covers in an effort to prevent drugs from ...

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Texas has captured two of its 10 Most Wanted Fugitives, including Brian Kieth Coleman in Waco, who was wanted for indecency ...

A Texas correctional officer faces charges after surveillance video caught him allegedly assaulting an inmate.

Nearly a year after the Potter County Jail failed a state inspection due to overcrowding, county leaders are debating how ...

Beatty is new to politics but Democrats should pick the criminal justice professional for their best shot in the red district, writes the editorial board.

Loop 256 near S. Sycamore. Investigators say a UPS truck traveling west entered the intersection and struck a pedestrian who was attempting to cross north. Officers found that the pedestrian was ...

Starting April 1st, Texas prison inmates will no longer be receiving hardback books. That’s part of a policy change approved by the board governing the prison system. Last Friday’s (February 20) ...

A kidnapping of a three year old child took place inside a Bryan restaurant Saturday morning (February 21). Bryan police arrest reports say the child’s mother and a cousin of the mother were found ...

Texas' new Giles W. Dalby Unit in Post, a $110M correctional facility, opens with a focus on rehabilitation and reentry ...