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Nadine Menendez surrenders to prison amid breast cancer treatments

  • Jul 10

What former Epstein prison guard told committee

  • Jun 6

5 inmates involved in stabbing at Terrell Unit prison, TDCJ confirms

  • May 30

Texas True Crime: 11 Days of Terror

  • May 15

Men in botched murder-for-hire plot get life in prison, officials say

  • Apr 29

Trump seeking $152 million to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison

  • Apr 7

Federal trial over AC in Texas prisons set to start Monday

  • Mar 30

1st woman leads Texas' oldest prison, makes history at Huntsville Unit

  • Mar 28

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Federal trial over air conditioning in Texas prisons set to start Monday

  • Mar 30
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First woman leads Texas' oldest prison, making history at Huntsville Unit

  • Mar 28
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Legal experts believe Fort Bend County Judge KP George could avoid prison

  • Mar 23
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Convicted murderer accused of running high-tech crime ring inside Texas prison

  • Mar 21
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Harris County juvenile judges vary widely on sending violent offenders to adult prison

  • Mar 7
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4 years after his arrest in Russia, American David Barnes sent to remote penal colony

  • Jan 14
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He survived 12 years in a Chinese prison. Coming home was the hard part.

  • Dec 24, 2025
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'I wouldn't give up on him': Nonprofit works to keep inmates from reoffending

  • Dec 11, 2025

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Legal experts believe Fort Bend County Judge KP George could avoid prison

After posting bond, Judge KP George was released from jail on Friday. Although he was convicted of felony money laundering charges, he won't be sentenced until this June.

  • Mar 23

Convicted murderer accused of running high-tech crime ring inside Texas prison

A newly-released search warrant reveals an alleged organized crime ring operating from inside a Texas prison, involving hacked tablets, contraband smuggling, and even attempted drone drops.

  • Mar 21

Harris County juvenile judges vary widely on sending violent offenders to adult prison

When it comes to deciding whether violent juvenile offenders should finish their sentences in adult prison, Harris County judges do not always reach the same conclusions.

  • Mar 7

Woman who falsely accused Duke lacrosse players of rape released from prison after murder conviction

Crystal Mangum made headlines in 2006 for falsely accusing three Duke lacrosse players of rape.

  • Mar 2

4 years after his arrest in Russia, American David Barnes sent to remote penal colony

Four years after David Barnes was charged in Russia with abusing his children in Texas despite not being charged with a crime in the U.S., he is now in a penal colony.

  • Jan 14