State officials are ordering the Liberty County Jail to shut down, citing longstanding life-threatening conditions.

BELL COUNTY, Texas (FOX 44 ... originally reported that at approximately 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, an inmate at the Bell County Jail on South Loop 121 in Belton walked away from the facility.

She admitted to smuggling heroin into the jail and giving the drugs to her fellow inmate in exchange for food and phone time, ...

Just over a month after a riot at the Liberty County Jail, the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fire at the facility.

Four Texas inmates have died while held in LaSalle, according to Texas Jail Project founder Krish Gundu, whose organization tracks jail deaths and advocates for people in county jails.

The first floor of inmate cells at the Tarrant County Corrections Center in Fort Worth on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Chris Torres [email protected] The Texas Commission on Jail Standards ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A woman has been arrested and a Smith County inmate has another charge added after she allegedly provided him with prohibited drugs in the jail. Jessica Riley, 41 ...

The Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office has asked the Texas Attorney General ... death of a prisoner in a county jail” applies only to those inmates who die within the premises of ...

He was sent to the county jail ... if they are inmates,” he added. Padron stood expressionless. The 10-minute back-and-forth was in English, which he does not understand. In Texas, misdemeanors ...

Two prominent Texas lawmakers have filed bills that would ... suspects had been able to free their clients from the Travis County Jail on dramatically reduced bonds when District Attorney José ...