The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is committed to enhancing public safety by prioritizing the rehabilitation of ...

Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

As Amanda Morgan walked out of state prison for the third time in her life, she felt equipped to never return.

A reentry program near Waco, Texas, has proven successful. Not only does every participant come out with a job, but their ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration launched a sweeping round of cuts at the Justice Department on Friday ... move to remake the U.S. criminal justice system since he ...

A small tweak to an email encouraging federal employees to take a buyout indicates the Justice Department wouldn’t vouch for the legality of the program. The Trump administration is battling ...

With Texas football now in the offseason, the American-Statesman is breaking down each position group. Who’s gone from the 2024 squad that went 13-3 and fell a win short a national title-game ...

Adams is the first sitting New York City mayor to be indicted. Mayor Eric Adams's criminal defense attorney was at Justice Department headquarters in Washington on Friday to discuss the future of ...

As chief counsel, he oversaw legal matters related to criminal ... Department of Justice in 2008 and formerly served as U.S. Attorney and First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of ...

4 Special Operations Unit, collaborated in this multi ... sentenced to five years of confinement in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison. In 2011, Alonzo was convicted of failure to ...