Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texas Jail Project Executive Director Krish Gundu at a meeting of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards Administrative Rules ...

Texas jails are struggling. Many of them are overcrowded, understaffed, poorly funded and ill-equipped to serve as the de facto mental health care facilities in their counties, a role they were never ...

A Bexar County jail deputy has been fired over images where she is seen posing with the inmates in her custody, one of whom she is flashing the middle finger,… The post Texas Jail Deputy Fired After ...

As of Oct. 1, just over a third of the state’s prisons were fully climate controlled, leaving around 90,000 incarcerated ...

Texas Jails Aren’t Meeting Deadlines to Free Inmates, Costing Some Counties Thousands in Settlements Jessica Jackson was supposed to be released from Dallas County jail in time for the holidays last ...

Lawyers for Pooh Shiesty filed an emergency motion over his 23-hour-a-day isolation at a Texas jail, citing a sworn family ...

Find out more about the infamous Texas 7 prison escape, which ultimately led to the death of Office Aubrey Hawkins, in a case ...

Have you experienced or witnessed issues related to pregnancy or any medical care in a Texas county jail? Send tips to reporter Alex Nguyen at alex.nguyen@texastribune.org or via a message on Signal ...

Conroe High School students walk out for ICE protest. In May 2018, Ruby McPeters was eight months pregnant when she was booked into Hood County jail on a probation violation. Just a month later, the ...

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 ...