Here & Now 's Peter O'Dowd wraps up our series about criminal justice reform in Harris County, Texas. He speaks with Houston ...

Two counties house training programs in local high schools as officials pitch corrections jobs as gateways to criminal ...

In August, the Justice Department revealed that the Texas Juvenile Justice Department engaged in a pattern of abuse and discrimination that seriously harms children and undermines their rehabilitation ...

Lawmakers cite new scientific evidence that they say proves Robert Roberson, who is set for execution on Oct. 17, did not ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is welcoming people inside the correctional facilities in Gatesville through its new Citizens’ Academy Program.

About 25% of Texas’ correctional officer positions are unfilled. Inmates say the shortages make it harder for them to get ...

A person for whom the facility or the individual employer is entitled to obtain criminal history record information may ... or the Uniform Code of Military Justice for an offense containing elements ...

“The dangerous criminal who ambushed and murdered Deputy Constable Husseini will have the full weight of the law brought down upon him,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a statement.

Wood, known as the "Desert Killer," is scheduled to be executed Thursday, March 13, at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Huntsville Unit prison, court documents state. The execution will ...

"I was concerned about a system that appeared to provide immunity for one individual under one set of circumstances, when we have a criminal justice system that had ordinarily treated everyone the ...

Here's another reason—among millions—why Texas is unique: State lawmakers only get together once every two years to pass the budget, set new laws and rules and change old ones. It makes for a ...

The victim of any form of crime is considered the most neglected person in the Criminal Justice System across the globe and India is no exception. The entire Criminal Justice System (CJS ...