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

TYLER, Texas — A Canton man was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday for playing a role in a wire fraud conspiracy in the ...

Kwaneta Harris is an incarcerated journalist from Texas. She is a member of the mentorship program Empowerment Avenue, which ...

Texas software developer Davis Lu faces up to 10 years in prison after a federal jury convicted him of “causing intentional ...

Cameron Darrick Peterson, 20, pleaded guilty to a weapons charge and was sentenced to 6½ years in federal prison, officials ...

Ernesto Villarreal Jr., 43, was employed by the district as business manager and served as the tax collector and assessor.

Judge Thomas West of Waco’s 19th State District Court approved the agreement between the DA’s office and Mauricio Campuzano ...

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NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas - A suspect accused of potting mass murder attacks over several months has been sentenced. On Wednesday, Cameron Darrick Peterson, 20, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison ...

Sunny Ray Garcia pleaded guilty Nov. 21, 2024 for possession with intent to distribute over 11 grams of methamphetamine. He ...

Private prison company GEO Group sued the state comptroller in 2017, arguing the company's purchases qualified for an ...