Separated from the general prison population, Texas death row inmates spend at least 22 hours a day alone in their cells.

Policies that dictate what happens after a death behind bars often add new layers of pain — and financial and logistical ...

That changed in 2024, when Schrader’s stepson, Robert LeBlanc, came forward. LeBlanc told authorities that before his death ...

On stifling days last summer, Reyes Miranda baked in his cell, the metal walls so hot to the touch that he worried he’d burn himself. At night, he slept on the cool concrete floor for relief. Miranda ...

The busiest death chamber in the country is located inside the maximum-security prison in Huntsville, Texas, known as the ...

The border crisis that pummeled Texas for four years during the Biden administration is continuing to play out in the courts ...

A Nigerian woman based in Texas, United States, Gbemisola Akayinode, faces a possible life sentence after being charged with ...

Before their brother's arrest, Melissa and Amanda Kohberger's lives were normal. Now, they will be forever entangled in his ...

On a weekend in mid-August, hundreds of inmates at a minimum-security prison in Bryan, Texas, were locked down during their usual time for strolling the grassy campus and visiting with family and ...

Body-camera footage showed Rene Mendez’s hospital interviews as he was seen admitting to officers that he killed both Sylvia ...

NBA player and coaches face charges in a federal investigation into Mafia-backed sports betting and rigged poker games ...

For pregnant women who are spending time in prison, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice maintains specialty programs and ...