The notice issued by the commission, Sheriff Wallace said, outlines several violations that occurred between December 9 and ...

Trinity County Jail faces state-imposed deadlines to address overcrowding and infrastructure failures in 30 days.

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HOUSTON — The Kinner & Stevens Funeral Home wouldn’t open for hours, so Sarah Knight sat in the parking lot with one thought consuming her: The body inside was not her son’s. Nothing about the 1 a.m.

The deficiencies leave the state's largest county jail system, where another inmate died this week, out of compliance with ...

Fernando Padron was stuck in a South Texas jail cell. Accused of stealing credit cards that he used to buy diapers, a bike and other goods for his family, he had not been brought into court or spoken ...

According to the sheriff, surrounding counties had declined to accept Trinity County inmates for roughly three weeks, leaving ...

The Trinity County sheriff announced that all inmates have been moved due to the ongoing flooding at the county jail.

HEMPSTEAD, Texas – A black woman found dead in a Southeast Texas jail three days after a traffic-stop confrontation with a white officer hanged herself using a clear plastic bag tied into a slip knot, ...

Amanda Finch, 39, of Kirbyville, was arrested Monday afternoon by Jasper County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation ...

When an unusually heavy winter storm blanketed much of Texas with snow, knocking out electricity to millions of homes and leaving many struggling to find clean water, one sector of the population was ...

Eagle Pass borders the Mexican city of Piedras Negras. Many people who live in Piedras Negras cross daily to work, shop or visit relatives. (Ilana Panich-Linsman For The New York Times, Ilana ...