Nine Louisiana residents have been sentenced to prison terms after a drug trafficking investigation in Avoyelles Parish, ...

A Houston woman has been ordered to federal prison for possessing and distributing numerous illegal drugs between Houston and ...

Robert Earl Cochran Jr., 63, of Alvin, received a 300-month federal prison sentence for distribution and possession of child ...

Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and ...

A man convicted in 1992 for aggravated sexual assault of a 3-year-old has been sentenced to federal prison for distribution ...

A Houston mother has been laid to rest decades after getting justice for her daughter. Harriet Semander's daughter, Elena, was strangled to death by a prolific serial killer. The mother fought to keep ...

Commercial real estate professionals make ideal volunteer mentors for the Texas-based Prison Entrepreneurship Program, ...

Even though his jury trial was slated to begin Monday morning, Alex Scot Fisher entered a guilty plea to felony murder and ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The crown jewel of El Salvador's aggressive anti-crime strategy — a mega-prison where visitation, recreation and education are not allowed — became the latest tool in ...

Texas’ prison population is projected to increase ... even though Sen. Borris Miles, D-Houston, expressed concern that the bill would allow prosecutors to incarcerate impoverished families.