A pair of Texas prison guards were fired and arrested after allegedly leaving an inmate to die locked inside a burning and smoke-filled cell, according to reports. Lieutenant William Eugene Romero, 33 ...

Texans voted to require judges to deny bail for defendants accused of certain violent felonies, with the passage of Proposition 3, which included due process safeguards, but also raised concerns about ...

The Harris County Jail, which has continuously stayed out of compliance with the state’s minimum jail standards for months, will receive another feasibility study in an effort to address aging ...

HEMPSTEAD, Texas -- The operators of a Texas jail where a black woman died after she was arrested in a traffic stop have acknowledged violating state rules on guard training and the monitoring of ...

CHICAGO -- Five months before she was found hanged in a Texas jail cell, Sandra Bland posted a video on the internet stating she had depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. "I'm suffering from ...

Sheriff Marian Brown has disputed reports by the county’s jail population management department that the jail recently exceeded 100 percent capacity. Dallas County Sheriff Marian Brown has disputed ...

A Texas prison guard faces being thrown in the same jail he guarded after running an illegal chicken wing pipeline to inmates for money. Amos Nyanway, 25, has been charged with contraband in a ...