The attorney for East Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson, who has faced execution multiple times but maintained his innocence, hopes a recent ruling from the New Jersey Supreme Court could help ...

HOUSTON - State Sen. John Whitmire blasted the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, saying Friday the agency must do a better job of curbing contraband after a death row chaplain admitted he posted ...

LIVINGSTON, Texas (KTRE) - A man convicted in the 2014 machete slaying of a Houston-area teen was murdered in his cell at Polunsky prison. According to a report from the Attorney General’s office, ...

Robert Roberson III, an East Texas man who faces execution in the controversial "shaken baby syndrome" case, photographed through plexiglass at Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Polunsky Unit.

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - The Texas Department of Corrections announced lockdowns at 19 facilities across the state Wednesday. “To address a recent surge in dangerous contraband and drug-related violence, ...