Board approves Arkansas site for planned 3,000-inmate prison despite objections
The Arkansas Board of Corrections on Friday approved an 815-acre site for a planned prison to hold 3,000 inmates, despite objections from residents and local officials that they were blindsided by the ...
Police-style handcuffs on Texas murder victim made investigators fear the killer was among them
Beloved schoolteacher Mary Catherine Edwards was found murdered wearing police-grade Smith & Wesson handcuffs — sending ripples through the Beaumont, Texas, Police Department.
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Former Army officer accused of six killings in Texas found incompetent to stand trial
Shane James, a former Army officer, is in jail awaiting a transfer to a state mental facility after a judge found him ...
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Sheriff's Office reports improvements in Harris County Jail as scrutiny from state continues
Harris County officials testified to the state oversight board that they made gains in staffing, but were still working on an ...
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Texas’ highest criminal court orders new trial for death row inmate over judge's alleged antisemitic bias
Halprin, 47, was among the group of inmates known as the "Texas 7," who escaped from a South Texas prison in December 2000 ...