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

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is exploring a major overhaul of the prison system in England and Wales, where inmates would have to earn their freedom through "good behaviour credits". The proposed ...

Prisoners in Texas can earn credits through working ... Reacting to the visit, the deputy director of the charity Prison Reform Trust, Mark Day, said there are “important lessons” that can ...

Texas is not soft on crime. It has seen the execution of 600 prisoners in the past 40 years, including two so far this year – ...

SAN ANTONIO – The debate over bail reform is intensifying in Texas, with Governor Greg Abbott declaring it an emergency item. This week, the Texas Senate has passed several bills to tighten ...

Inmates have to earn their freedom through good behaviour at penitentiary the Justice Secretary sees as a model for UK ...

They believe it’s simply an inevitable part of their incarceration. For the record, sexual contact with people in prison is a felony in Texas, and the state's department of corrections has a “zero ...

Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock asked for higher judicial pay and protections for parents in child custody cases in his first State of the Judiciary address since Gov. Greg Abbott appointed him to the ...

The debate over bail reform is intensifying in Texas, with Governor Greg Abbott declaring it an emergency item.

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