For a third consecutive time, a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning has likely died in the Texas Senate.

Oklahoma’s run of four straight Women’s College World Series titles ended when Lauren Allred’s walk-off sacrifice fly gave ...

Two inmates who were recaptured in Texas after a mass jailbreak will be held without bond, an Orleans Parish Criminal ...

By the end of May 1945, more enemy prisoners were sitting out the Second World War in Texas than any state in the Union. One out of every ten German, Italian and Japanese captives shipped to the ...

After years of sweltering summers and blistering winters for inmates and staff, prisons in our community and across Texas could soon see climate control systems.

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Those changes have meant consequences for local county jails. Erie County, for instance, held only two inmates bound for state prison the week the unsanctioned strikes began in February.

According to a post from the Huntsville Police Department, the two were arrested off Highway 190 and Geneva Road in Huntsville after leading officers on a high-speed chase. The chase ended in a crash ...

A North Platte man has been sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison for methamphetamine ... This case was investigated by the Nebraska State Patrol and the CODE Task Force.

Isaak Wurtz, 41, was sentenced by District Judge Marc Buyske to serve 45 years in prison with 30 suspended. Wurtz pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault in June. Under state law ...