South Carolina has put inmate Freddie Owens to death in the state’s first execution in more than a decade. Friday’s execution ...

A Texas couple was sentenced to more than a decade in prison each Friday after their pit bulls got loose and killed an ...

The Garza County Commissioners Court is working with a consultant to find a new operator for its private correctional ...

Christian Cavazos reigned terror throughout 2019, and now the 22-year-old documented gang member will spend life in prison. Cavazos pled guilty to murdering five people after prosecutors revealed some ...

The Giles W. Dalby Correctional Facility failed a state safety inspection last year. Even though it passed a reinspection, ...

The Giles W. Dalby Correctional Facility previously housed about 500 people from Harris County as they waited for their day ...

A man was sentenced to 20 years in prison in connection with the fatal beating of a woman in Converse in December 2020.

Two counties house training programs in local high schools as officials pitch corrections jobs as gateways to criminal ...

“The Northern District of Texas will not tolerate contraband inside federal prisons, period,” said U.S. Attorney Leigha ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is welcoming people inside the correctional facilities in Gatesville through its new Citizens’ Academy Program.

About 25% of Texas’ correctional officer positions are unfilled. Inmates say the shortages make it harder for them to get ...