Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in an opinion the Texas Commission on Jail Standards has the authority to hire an independent investigator to look into all custody deaths. The opinion is in ...

AUSTIN — Members of a state-appointed commission on jail standards commended Harris County on Thursday for addressing long-standing detention officer staffing issues and making efforts to end inmate ...

In May 2018, Ruby McPeters was eight months pregnant when she was booked into Hood County jail on a probation violation.

Inmates in the Liberty County Jail will be relocated to other contracted facilities after the state ordered the jail’s operations to be immediately suspended. The jail in the county northeast of ...

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AUSTIN, Texas — A new audit has found that the state agency responsible for overseeing county jails across Texas failed to consistently investigate prisoner complaints, maintain accurate records or ...

The Bexar County Jail passed its 2026 state inspection with full compliance after prior setbacks and a rise in inmate deaths in 2024 and 2025.

According to a budget breakdown – for TDCJ’s 2025-26 budget that was approved by lawmakers this year – contracted services keeping state jails running in Texas as they do now would call for a $65.8 ...