Deputies did not say if the exchange was part of an ongoing arrangement, nor how much cash or chicken was involved.

Parker County commissioners Monday announced a pivot on jail capacity solutions. The court in August approved the calling of a two-pronged bond election for construction of a court justice center, as ...

The committee also recommended city staff work with county officials to develop and include performance measures in the ...

Two Texas jail guards allegedly left an inmate trapped inside a cell where a mattress fire was raging — leaving the prisoner ...

The sheriff's office said that 34-year-old Pebbles Girardi suffered a sudden medical emergency inside of her cell at the ...

Kimberly Phillips died of hunger and thirst in Tarrant County Jail custody. The Denton County Sheriff's Office investigated ...

An inmate died after a fire started inside his prison cell, and now two guards are facing charges, Texas officials say. The ...

The average number of people stuck in jail waiting for a state hospital bed in Texas has fallen, but could be plateauing, ...

An inmate in East Texas faces an assault charge after injuring a detention officer during a struggle at Panola County Jail.

Texas megachurch founder Robert Preston Morris accepted a plea deal for sexual abuse charges dating back to the 1980s and ...

Two Harris County Jail inmates both died while in custody on Friday after they suffered from an apparent medical emergency, ...