The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved a number of environmental regulations penalties Thursday, including for two violations at the Jefferson County Correctional Facility. The ...

Floyd Lee Coleman, 106, died at UAB Hospital Wednesday evening, according to the Jefferson County Coroner's Office. There were no signs of trauma or foul play.

The British government said criminals could earn earlier release under a new program to cut the prison population, citing ...

Detainees say they’re being held in solitary confinement after family members helped them post about their situation on ...

Joshua was incarcerated because of a series of offenses committed at age 11. First, he got into a fight with his older ...

State Sen. Sarah Eckhardt’s bill, SB 719, which aimed to study Texas’ mental health facilities and treatment system, failed ...

A 72-year-old Elm Mott man who pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexually assaulting a boy 17 years ago asked a judge to place him ...