A new program in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, allows death row prisoners to mingle outside of solitary confinement ...

Waukesha Sheriff's Department mourns the passing of retired K9 Justice, a service dog with a commendable 7-year career.

Three families, whose relatives died while in Texas prisons during a summer heat wave, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in US District Court Thursday against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice,… ...

The families of Jon Southards, Elizabeth Hagerty and John Skinner are suing the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in connection with their loved ones' deaths.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is taking over seven more jails that were run by a private company. In the wake, 900 jobs across Texas are in limbo.