Separated from the general prison population, Texas death row inmates spend at least 22 hours a day alone in their cells.

The busiest death chamber in the country is located inside the maximum-security prison in Huntsville, Texas, known as the ...

A jury found Cedric Ricks guilty of capital murder in the stabbing deaths of his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son.

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Two thirds of people incarcerated in ...

For Charles Victor Thompson, the one constant in his life has been the almost three decades he's spent as Inmate No. 00999306 ...

Although the city has shuttered free testing sites and stopped distributing free Covid tests, medical professionals continue ...

If unclaimed after an execution, the state pays for cremation or burial, and the remains are buried at the Captain Joe Byrd ...

Suarez-Perez’s remains were found in a creek bed west of Temple on Oct. 27. The Bell County Sheriff’s Office is treating his ...

A Webb County Sheriff's Office employee allegedly confessed to continuous sexual abuse of a minor Friday after the victim ...

After fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend's stepfather while he slept, Tomas Alejandro Aguilar received a 33-year prison sentence with a plea deal.

Pérez, a 38-year-old Cuban residing in Killeen, Texas, was discovered deceased on October 27 in a creek bed near White Flint Park ...