Attorney General Ken Paxton affirmed limits on when the state has to order an outside investigation into an inmate's death.

Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion this month that in-custody deaths outside of jails don’t require independent investigations. The opinion ...

A 40-year-old Tarrant County Jail inmate died Sunday, according to the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office. The woman was found unresponsive in her cell. Lifesaving measures were administered by medical ...

Doug Myers is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. A longtime journalist, Doug has worked for four newspapers in Texas and Louisiana and for three television stations in Texas. He has also spent ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in an opinion the Texas Commission on Jail Standards has the authority to hire an independent investigator to look into all custody deaths. The opinion is in ...

Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price believes it comes down to better pay.

A second inmate escaped custody in Tarrant County on Tuesday afternoon, escaping from a jail laundry facility on Resource Drive before being recaptured minutes later. The incident follows a ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has drawn a firm line around where many jail death investigations start, and where they can now stop. In a Feb. 12 formal opinion sent to Tarrant County Criminal ...

During Tuesday’s meeting, commissioners adopted a policy that prohibits public briefings concerning “ongoing law enforcement ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jail cells at the Tarrant County Corrections Center in Fort Worth on Jan. 25, 2024. (Chris Torres/ctorres@star-telegram.com) ...