A man was sentenced to life on Friday for the murder of his ex-girlfriend in June of 2023. Rueben Rocha was found guilty of murder, aggravated assault and more.

If you’ve committed a crime, the ethical and smart thing to do would be to turn yourself in to the authorities. You then face ...

It’s unknown exactly how many Texans in county jails are kept well past the time they’re supposed to be released. That’s because no state agency tracks the number of so-called post-conviction ...

After their prison terms, state-designated sexual predators are placed in the Texas Civil Commitment Center, where many are kept in lockup until they die.

Many things might be bigger and better in Texas, but apparently not its treatment of women, according to a new study released by WalletHub on Monday, March 2. WalletHub unveiled its analysis of the ...

The directors of the Oscar-nominated documentary open up about Alabama's prison system, Kay Ivey and Steve Marshall.

Little is known about the status or whereabouts of the Salvadorans deported by President Donald Trump to CECOT, an infamous ...

Carmen Mejia, a Honduran immigrant who was sentenced to life in prison for the 2003 scalding death of an infant in her care, was formally declared innocent in an Austin courtroom on Monday. “I’m now ...

Texas is one of the worst states in the country for women, according to a new 2026 WalletHub report released ahead of International Women’s Day. The Lone Star State ranked fourth worst overall, ahead ...

The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana in Texas, the nation’s largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, at a rate of nearly one a day for five months, ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — A federal inmate has been indicted for allegedly possessing a weapon at the Federal Correctional Complex in Beaumont, according to U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Robert Anthony Summers, ...