US sting snares armed felon smugglers tied to foreign prison gang, cartel: police
The Texas Department of Public Safety said it nabbed three ex-convicts with weapons and drugs in El Paso on Friday, including ...
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Texas should close prisons and jails with staffing challenges, state oversight panel says
A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% ...
How Texas prisons are spending millions on a 'dangerous' staffing crisis as population soars
Texas prisons were so short staffed in 2023 the state spent more than $111,000 on rental cars for correctional officers to ...
Former Texas prison officer pursues law degree after retirement
At 54 years old, Darren Wallace is in his second semester of law school at the University of North Texas at Dallas.
Texas DPS busts gang-linked operation in El Paso, seizes guns and drugs in sting
Agents with the Texas Department of Public Safety made gang-related arrests for weapons and drugs in El Paso last Friday.
Central Texas man who unknowingly sold drugs to DEA sentenced
A Central Texas man received a 14-year prison sentence related to the distribution of fentanyl and other illegal controlled ...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Legislature should clarify Texas abortion law to protect mothers at risk
Patrick on Sunday said the Legislature should amend the language of the state’s near-total abortion ban to address confusion ...