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Judge Robert Pitman says inmates who sued the state could win their case but that the fix is not easy or cheap.

An emotional, 10-hour-long Texas House committee meeting Tuesday highlighted the stark divide between lawmakers and the public on the state's bail system, a legislative priority this session.

A consent decree drafted to improve mental health services in Oklahoma county jails has cleared its first legislative hurdle.

A lawsuit filed by former inmates against Smith County, east of Dallas, has prompted others to speak out.

Seven years after voters approved a greater investment in mental health and substance abuse services for Oklahoma counties, the money finally is on the way. But advocates for criminal justice reform warn that wide swaths of the state are at a disadvantage, unable to provide proper mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Operation Lone Star originally targeted single men suspected of crossing the border illegally in mass trespassing arrests, but some claimed that not arresting women violated equal protection laws.

State jail inspectors found hundreds of violations in 2022, ranging from faulty smoke detection systems to raw sewage leaking into cells and common areas.