Texas prisons

Judge Janis Jack, who called Texas' foster care system 'broken' in a 2015 ruling against the state that started the process of federal court oversight, may not be done with the case she presided over for 13 years just yet.

A Texas Senate bill under consideration would lower the current age from 16 for juveniles already in the system and commit a second felony.

More than 1,000 criminal cases will be reviewed in Texas because of the problems with Qiagen DNA tests.

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

The Trump administration recently reinstated the practice of detaining immigrant adults and children together. Two detention facilities in South Texas are at the center of that controversial decision.

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.

Those housed in the O’Daniel Unit in Gatesville, including such names as Melissa Lucio, have had their lives touched by a particular Catholic order.

Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a record low.

A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% staff turnover rate.

The Texas Civil Rights Project is seeking class-action status for its suit alleging the state's prison system puts inmates in unconstitutionally long and unsanitary housing assignments for violating certain rules.