Texas Department of Criminal Justice

The Dallas County Jail began prepping more space before July 4th Fourth for summer and holiday arrests that have pushed jail capacity to 99 percent.

After a roughly 20-minute hearing, Judge Austin Reeve Jackson rejected arguments by Roberson's attorney that his execution should be further delayed because of a pending appeal to the state's highest criminal court.

Though not yet overcrowded, Dallas County jail continues to push its inmate population close to the threshold since Memorial Day weekend.

The Criminal Jurisprudence Committee plans to issue a new subpoena to the death row inmate for a Dec. 20 hearing if Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office does not cooperate.

Joshua Keith Beasley Jr. was taken into custody when he was 11 years old. Five years later, he died by suicide in 2023 in an adult prison in Brazoria County.

Texas House members are weighing whether the shaken baby syndrome theory should have been used in convicting Robert Roberson of the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter.

The state’s highest civil court said it wants a lower court to resolve a separation-of-powers issue raised by a group of Texas lawmakers who subpoenaed the death row inmate the night before he was set to be put to death.

Under a little-known Texas elections law, state prison inmates who are actively appealing their convictions are eligible to register and vote.

More than 10,000 books are banned inside Texas prisons.

Ben Spencer was accused in part because of false testimony. He was formally exonerated in a Dallas court on Thursday.

The governing board of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department is disputing the accuracy of a report by the U.S. Department of Justice that alleged widespread mental, physical and sexual abuse in the state’s youth facilities.

Newly released autopsies show extreme temperatures in state prisons may have contributed to multiple recent deaths behind bars. But the state says heat hasn’t killed any prisoners in more than a decade. A lawsuit challenging Texas prison heat protocols will be heard in federal court on Tuesday.