LIVINGSTON, Texas (KTRE) - A man convicted in the 2014 machete slaying of a Houston-area teen was murdered in his cell at Polunsky prison. According to a report from the Attorney General’s office, ...

High-security inmates at 19 prisons went on a weekslong lockdown last month after two prisoners were killed at the East Texas lockup that houses death row. Just outside of Livingston, the Polunsky ...

HOUSTON - State Sen. John Whitmire blasted the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, saying Friday the agency must do a better job of curbing contraband after a death row chaplain admitted he posted ...

Angelina County Commissioners approved the installation of a new radio tower on Central ISD property Tuesday. When children in East Texas are removed from their homes because it is not safe for them, ...

What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most ...