The list of appointments was posted less than a month after the Star-Telegram found the Texas Commission on Jail Standards ...

Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and ...

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards has issued a notice of non-compliance to the El Paso County Jail in downtown El Paso, citing failures in conducting inmate safety checks according to facility ...

Montgomery County commissioners on Tuesday tossed other ideas to address overcrowding issues. Commissioner Charlie Riley ...

Montgomery County is taking action to address jail overcrowding by housing prisoners in Waller County. In a decision approved ...

Lawmakers are pursuing legislative changes that would keep more people locked up in overcrowded county jails while awaiting ...

Current policy requires jail officials to notify the Texas Commission on Jail Standards when a death occurs, and mandates the commission to bring in outside law enforcement, such as the Texas ...

After a fire sent five correctional officers to the hospital, ABC13 dug into the jail's past and found safety concerns inside the facility.

The Police Department did not clarify how its officers ended up on the roster of jail death investigators ... s Office submitted to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards in October 2021.

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The Texas Commission on Jail Standards has issued a notice of non-compliance to the El Paso County Jail in downtown El Paso, citing failures in conducting inmate ...

Out-of-state facilities do not have to follow the standards set by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. And they don’t have to adhere to a Texas law that requires the reporting and ...