The investigation is tied to a federal lawsuit filed by Bernie Tiede, a Texas man spending life in prison who has reported ...

The investigation was triggered by a federal judge, who questioned the state’s recordkeeping. Inmates are suing the state, ...

Love is a basic human right. Our heart doesn’t stop beating at the prison gates, and orientation isn’t erased by a prison ID.

A Zavalla man was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison after being convicted of unlawfully tattooing two children and forcibly attempting to remove the tattoos.

A parole officer suspected of sex trafficking was charged Tuesday in Abilene, according to online jail records. Symone ...

A Tom Green County grand jury handed down indictments against a Texas Department of Criminal Justice parole officer.

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announces Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender Raymond Trejo is back in custody ...

In the late summer of 2023, Jeremy Busby was brutally attacked by a cellmate in the Texas prison where he was being held.

Raymond Lee Trejo, 35, of Abilene, was arrested March 12 in Stillwell, Oklahoma, by the Cherokee Nation Marshal Service's ...

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Texas Prison Museum Director David Stacks will be featured at The Wynne Home Arts and Visitors Center’s upcoming Speaker ...