When a group of state prison guards were hit with criminal charges for beating a prisoner to death last month, Gov. Kathy ...

A House priority bill undercuts previous reforms aimed at ensuring young children can remain in school except under the most ...

A Texas lawmaker has introduced a bill to change the language in the state’s abortion laws to make it clearer when exceptions ...

The bill represents a pivot from GOP legislators who have defended the abortion ban in the face of lawsuits and medical ...

Editor’s Note: The Texas Observer sought TDCJ responses to ... Last year, I saw a transition start to take place inside the prison where I had been incarcerated. Chemical agents were being ...

Today, Holcomb is ensconced as a commercial real estate-focused mortgage loan officer for Houston-based Matador Lending — and he credits his participation in Texas' competitive Prison ...

A Texas lawmaker filed a bill that would amend ... Those found guilty could face up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine if the legislative proposal were to become law. LGBTQ community ...

TENNESSEE COLONY, Texas — The Texas Department of Criminal ... spokesperson Hannah Haney confirmed the previous day that the prison, located in Anderson County, has been working to repair ...

He was sentenced to nearly five years in prison and ordered to pay more than $10 million in restitution. MANSFIELD, Texas - A former tax preparer from Mansfield is headed to federal prison and ...

Virginia spends more than $1.6 billion a year on its department of corrections, and some of that money pays to monitor people ...