The Texas Department of Criminal Justice will take over the Willacy County State Jail from Management and Training Corp. of ...

22-year-old Breele Johnson died in a Bibb County Jail stabbing days after protests over unsafe conditions. Family alleges staff negligence led to the deadly fight.

That inmate, Leo Tate, 31, had been in custody on burglary and firearms charges, Murrill said. The Texas Department of Public Safety arrested the two men in Walker County, north of Houston, the ...

State prison officials said Renee Rodriguez, 51, died at California State Prison-Los Angeles County on Sunday after staff saw fellow inmate Kenneth Wilson attacking him in the day room at 7:15 p.m ...

Death row inmate Moises Mendoza was executed Wednesday for the murder of a former high school classmate in 2004, becoming the third man executed by Texas this year.

Moises Mendoza, who was convicted in 2005 of killing a Farmersville woman, became the third inmate Texas has put to death this year. By Ayden Runnels April 23, 2025 Updated: 8 PM Central ...

Christoper Pleasant (Gregg County Judicial Records). First, Christopher Wade Pleasant of Longview, who is serving time in TDCJ for the murder of Victorria Jasmine Sam in 2016. He now is also charged ...

Investigation underway for in-custody death of inmate at Guadalupe County Jail, GCSO says John Ryan Taylor, 45, was pronounced dead at a medical center on Feb. 24 Andrea K. Moreno , Digital Journalist ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Wilson County Sheriff’s Office announced that nearly 50 inmates in the county earned their High School Equivalency (HSE) diplomas on Friday.

Edric Wilson waited in the Harris County Jail without a trial for almost two decades, underscoring the consequences of delayed justice in an overwhelmed criminal justice system.

Trigg, who escaped last year, previously escaped from the Scott County Jail in 2017 while he was being held there on a court order, according to a MDOC news release from the time. Former Parchman ...

Kim Kardashian is facing a lawsuit after she posted a photo of New York resident Ivan Cantu and incorrectly identified him as the death row inmate in Texas bearing the same name. On Feb. 26, 2024 ...