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We hope House Bill 3006, authored by Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, will succeed. In Texas, air conditioning is not a luxury ...

ANDERSON, Texas (KBTX) - A Grimes County jury delivered a strong message Wednesday, sentencing 44-year-old William Eric ...

United States District Judge Robert Pitman called the lack of air conditioning in inmate facilities ... According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), installing properly ...

Edward Estrada's client already had admitted to skimming - installing devices inside gas pumps to steal customers' credit ...

After over half a century in prison, Robert Maudsley, known as 'Hannibal the Cannibal' and described as the UK's longest-serving and one-time most dangerous inmate, has found romance from behind bars.

The quadruple killer once regarded as the most dangerous inmate in the penal system has now left Wakefield jail in West Yorkshire. He has been transferred from 'Monster Mansion' and taken 125 ...

The great white shark is among the most powerful and potentially dangerous predatory fish in the world, known for fatal attacks on swimmers, surfers, divers, kayakers, and small boats.

SACRAMENTO — It has been nearly six years since federal prosecutors here revealed the first of two massive prosecutions aimed at moving incarcerated Aryan Brotherhood members out of the state ...

Nine inmates at the Telford Unit face new charges related to organized criminal activity, according to a TDCJ investigation.