AUSTIN, Texas (FOX 44) – A Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) inmate pleaded guilty to the capital murder of a correctional officer. The TDCJ says inmate Jabari Lewis pleaded guilty to the ...

The manhunt for a convicted sex offender who escaped from a Texas prison over the weekend has ended. Authorities captured Robert Yancy Jr. in Matagorda County, Texas, just after 8 a.m. Monday, the ...

Jovian Motley, 27, died during a tussle inside of a prison cell in the Wainwright Unit in Lovelady, about 20 miles north of Huntsville. It happened while five officers worked to restrain Jabari Lewis, ...

Two more inmates died inside the Harris County Jail this week, according to a spokesperson for the Harris County Sheriff’s ...

POTTER COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- A former correctional officer is facing more than a decade behind bars for trying to smuggle drugs into the TDCJ William P. Clements Unit. On April 14, the Texas ...

Jeremy Perkins, 35, has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after being found guilty of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home and violating a protective order.

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AUSTIN Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender Dante Dewayne Odom is this month’s Featured Fugitive. The reward for information leading to his arrest is increased to $4,000 during October if the tip is ...