Nearly 25 years ago, seven inmates broke free from a maximum-security prison in South Texas. A weeks-long manhunt ensued, ending with six caught and one dead.

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors will seek the maximum prison term allowed by law this week for a Texas man who mounted an unsuccessful bid for Congress after his conviction for participating in ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) - Body cameras are now required to be worn by all uniformed staff at Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) maximum security prisons. A Polk County unit joins the roll ...

GRIMES COUNTY, Texas (FOX 44) – A man has been sentenced to 20 total years in prison in for aggravated assault and escaping custody. The Grimes County District Attorney’s Office says 52-year ...

Maximum security units ... even with an inmate population hovering around 136,000. Texas began shuttering private prisons years ago as the number of inmates statewide declined and contracts ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Kerry Max Cook is innocent of the 1977 ... for more than four decades and was released from prison in 1997 after spending nearly 20 years on death row ...

A 34-year-old Alamo, Texas, resident has been ordered ... Morales ordered Cavazos to serve the statutory maximum of five years in federal prison to be immediately followed by three years of ...