The Texas Commission on Jail Standards gave Dallas County a "clean inspection" with no corrective notes during its review Jan ...

Once billed as rehabilitative alternatives to prisons, these facilities are the sites of fatal overdoses—like that which ...

A month prior of Lunas Campos’ death, 49-year-old Guatemalan immigrant Francisco Gaspar-Andres died at a nearby hospital; he ...

The Harris County Jail houses nearly 10,000 inmates, the biggest lockup in Texas. A 32-year-old man who died this week during a reported altercation with detention officers while on his way out of the ...

The Dallas County Jail this week passed a comprehensive state inspection for the second time in a row, a shift from recent ...

A manhunt is underway after 36-year-old Troy Dugas, an inmate at the Harris County Jail, seen here in this undated police photo, was accidentally released from prison on Aug. 17, according to the ...

Texas Commission on Jail Standards Executive Director Brandon Wood (right) and commission Chair Bill Stoudt listen as Tarrant County resident Cassandra Johnson speaks during the public comment segment ...

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 ...

For the second time this year, a clerical error at the county jail in Houston has led to the accidental release of an inmate facing felony charges, authorities said ...

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Issues with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards' processes and data maintenance jeopardized its ability to determine if county jails comply with minimum standards, according to ...