Mark Kirkland sued County Judge Tim O'Hare Dec. 15 after he claims his First Amendment rights were violated. The suit was ...

An officer walks down the hall in the intake area in March at the Tarrant County Jail in Fort Worth. A federal court has thrown out a lawsuit over the death of Robert Miller, who died in Tarrant ...

Tarrant County has a “de facto policy” of letting drugs and other contraband into jails, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Fort Worth earlier this month. The lawsuit was filed by ...

Prison staff gathered at the main entrance of the building housing the execution chamber at the Huntsville Unit of the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville. Michael Wyke / AP Jason Alan Thornburg ...