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 ...
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Texas jails have more than 400 pregnant inmates monthly. The state is studying what happens to them.
In May 2018, Ruby McPeters was eight months pregnant when she was booked into Hood County jail on a probation violation.
Texas prisons without air conditioning get so hot in summer that temperatures there would routinely violate state standards for other types of lockups, like county jails, according to a new ...
Thousands of people arrested each year in Texas are dealing with mental health issues. Some conditions can be treated with medicine, while others require hospitalization. But the I-Team found that in ...
“A-Way-Out! Bail Bonds” is one of many locations of its kind in downtown Houston. Taken on October 17, 2019. A state constitutional amendment approved by Texas voters last year gives judges the ...
JASPER COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - An inmate serving prison time in a Texas state jail for burglary is facing additional charges after DNA linked the man to two other burglary cases, according to the ...
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