LIBERTY COUNTY, Texas — Inmates were able to take over part of the Liberty County Jail on Thursday morning, according to the sheriff's office. Liberty County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Oscar Martinez ...

Texas will become a “national leader in rehabilitative programming,” the agency website states. “To me, public safety is ...

Two prominent Texas lawmakers have filed bills that would require local prosecutors to report to the state how often defendants are released from jail because they were not formally charged by a ...

A North Texas Lawmaker asked Gov. Greg Abbott to look into sending undocumented migrants incarcerated in the state to a massive prison in El Salvador.(Alex Brandon / AP) AUSTIN — A North Texas ...

O’Daniel Unit, a Gatesville prison that houses females on death row, among other inmates. Texas leads the country in executions and is among the top three in imposing death sentences.

Employees from at least one Texas prison falsified temperature logs that officials are required to use to decide when extreme heat poses risks to inmates and guards, according to Austin public ...

Julia Falcon is a digital content producer at CBS News Texas. Julia has previously written ... Some Dallas County inmates are recovering after a crash in Arlington Tuesday morning.