Former Nueces County District Attorney Carlos Valdez, who prosecuted the case, believes granting Yolanda Saldívar parole ...

About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

A federal judge ruled that extreme heat in Texas prisons is "plainly unconstitutional" – but fell short of requiring the state to install air conditioning.

The judge ruled Texas prison cell temperatures, which regularly exceed 90 and 100 degrees, likely violate rights against ...

Throughout the years, Yolanda Saldívar has maintained that the shooting was an accident and has repeatedly challenged her ...

Some of the cases were linked to international travel, officials said. More measles cases are being confirmed across the United States as health officials work to treat patients in an ongoing ...

El Paso District Attorney James Montoya said the decision to no longer seek the death penalty for confessed Walmart shooter ...

William Rojas received a life sentence for murder, plus separate sentences for evidence tampering, in Hays County, Texas.

After days without water, Groveton has fixed their water plant. The city is under a boil water notice and stage five drought ...

During the prisons-building boom three decades ago, lawmakers allowed private, for-profit corporations to compete for prisons ...

Data only pertains to Texas state offenses. It excludes criminal records from other states and federal criminal charges.

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