At 54 years old, Darren Wallace is in his second semester of law school at the University of North Texas at Dallas.

A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% ...

But Collier added the Texas corrections system also had created its own hiring obstacles. In the 1990s, when the state’s prison population was climbing rapidly, the agency went on a building spree.

AUSTIN — The Texas Attorney General's Office has filed a motion to prevent death row inmate Robert Roberson from testifying at a House committee hearing on Friday. The motion follows a new ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers announced Tuesday they had issued a new subpoena that would require the state's prison system to allow death row inmate Robert Roberson to ...

TARRANT COUNTY — A 19-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday after a Tarrant County jury found him guilty of capital murder in the fatal shooting of a 5-year-old and a 17-year-old in ...

An earlier subpoena ended up delaying Roberson's Oct. 17 execution, which was tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.

Inmate artist Brian Estes has been using his talent to create vibrant murals at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's ...

is up for parole in Texas. The Washington Post reported this is Saldivar’s first opportunity for release. Saldivar, who was the president of Selena’s fan club, was sentenced to life in prison ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A former gang member suspected ... that reached speeds up to 130 mph was sentenced to 17 years in prison Friday. Christopher Alan Parsons, who prosecutors allege is a member ...