Those housed in the O'Daniel Unit in Gatesville, including such names as Melissa Lucio, have had their lives touched by a ...

During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's ...

Russia has released an American teacher imprisoned over what his family said was prescribed medical marijuana, but several other Americans are still detained.

A California teenager was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison in a case involving hundreds of swatting calls, including to a Florida mosque among other institutions and individuals, federal ...

Two women were sentenced to federal prison after attempting to smuggle a 7-year-old boy from Mexico to San Antonio.

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Since falling out of compliance, the Harris County Jail has seen at least 55 inmate deaths, a gun smuggled inside, and inmates not receiving proper medication.

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

A reentry program near Waco, Texas, has proven successful. Not only does every participant come out with a job, but their ...

Steven Lawayne Nelson was condemned for the 2011 killing of the Rev. Clint Dobson at a Baptist church in Arlington. Dobson’s ...

Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 killing of Rev. Clint Dobson and put to death on Wednesday.

for proposals to expand private-prison capacity this year in at least seven states: California, Kansas, Nevada, New Jersey, ...