Texas Department Of Criminal Justice

Converted Texas prison gets first immigrant detainees as Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security effort ramps up

Border-crossing immigrants are being arrested by Texas troopers on state charges like trespassing, and they’re starting to trickle into a prison emptied to house them.

Almost 150 guards are staffing an empty Texas prison as state officials work on Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to use it for immigrants

While many Texas prisons are understaffed, some dangerously so, the emptied-out Briscoe Unit in Dilley is in "maintenance mode" as officials scramble to implement the gov...

Texas executes John Hummel for murdering his family in 2009

A civil liberties group had tried to delay Hummel's death after reporters were excluded from the state’s last execution.

A special weather statement in effect for Coastal Calhoun and Inland Calhoun Regions

Texas Department Of Criminal Justice

Converted Texas prison gets first immigrant detainees as Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security effort ramps up

Almost 150 guards are staffing an empty Texas prison as state officials work on Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to use it for immigrants

Texas executes John Hummel for murdering his family in 2009

Dozens who died in Texas prisons during the pandemic had been granted parole, new report shows

For the first time in more than 40 years, media was not allowed to witness a Texas execution

After sweltering temperatures killed Texas prisoners, lawmakers vote to install air conditioning

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