Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced the expansion of its Virtual Court Program, a groundbreaking initiative ...

The Department of Criminal Justice announced it's expanding a program that lets incarcerated people appear in court virtually, without leaving prison.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDJC) broke ground on their 64,000 square feet training facility on Thursday. Visit ...

Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Construction is now underway on a new Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) training facility. On Thursday, the TDCJ officially broke ground on the 64,000-square-foot space ...

Texas Governor Abbott orders state agencies to work with the Trump administration to enforce border security and immigration laws.

A documentary based on Texas death row prisoner John Henry Ramirez has been nominated for a 2025 Academy Award.

Ahead of the legislative session beginning Tuesday, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced that Texas has a nearly $24 ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has halted federal programs that helped detained migrants obtain legal help. (Jordan Vonderhaar For The Texas Tribune ... defendants in the criminal justice system ...

South Texas Family Residential Center, an ICE detention center in Dilley, on Sept. 30, 2020. The U.S. Department of Justice ... Unlike defendants in the criminal justice system, detained migrants ...

Harris County, the state’s most populous county, led with more than 60 people on death row, according to figures from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice reviewed by The News. North Texas ...