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A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% staff turnover rate.

Texans know even less about the COVID-19 situation in county jails than they did last spring – and researchers warn the spread of infection among incarcerated people and staff could put communities at greater risk.

The governor has been keeping people in jail longer using emergency powers to deal with the pandemic. A state district judge in Bexar County said it was "wholly unconstitutional."

Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a call for qualified current and former county jailers to assist border sheriffs with operating detention facilities and providing jail beds.

The COVID-19 crisis has devastated the Black community in more ways than one. Majority-Black counties across the nation report three times the rate of…

As COVID-19 rages and populations rise, jails are struggling to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks. And when they do occur, facilities have trouble keeping sick…

From Texas Standard : As of Friday, Dallas County had the most positive COVID-19 cases in the state, at more than 300. At least seven of those cases are...

The Miranda warning guarantees your right as a citizen to an attorney and legal representation if you can't afford one. Does this court-appointed counsel…

The Bexar County District Attorney and Sheriff's offices are working with the San Antonio Police Department to implement a method known as "cite and…

Just west of downtown San Antonio, the Bexar County jail looms like a fortress. It's a seven-story building of stained concrete floors, white cinder block…