Yolanda Saldívar, convicted in the murder of singer-songwriter Selena, becomes eligible for parole on March 30, 2025, ahead ...

About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don't have air conditioning is "plainly unconstitutional." ...

Texas is not alone in facing lawsuits over dangerously hot prisons. Cases also have been filed in Louisiana and New Mexico. One filed in July in Georgia alleged an inmate died in July 2023 after he ...

Thirty years ago, music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was killed by her fan club’s president, Yolanda Saldívar. For the ...

State Rep. Terri Leo Wilson's bill would make repeat driving-while-intoxicated offenders ineligible for early release.

Former Nueces County District Attorney Carlos Valdez, who prosecuted the case, believes granting Yolanda Saldívar parole ...

People in Maverick County spend months in jail waiting to be charged with minor crimes. Some are simply lost in the system ...

During the prisons-building boom three decades ago, lawmakers allowed private, for-profit corporations to compete for prisons ...

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate whose bid for a new trial drew the support of the ...