Texas mother Andrea Yates admitted to drowning her five children in 2001, sparking a highly publicized trial. Learn about the ...

FORT HOOD, Texas — A soldier will spend nine years in prison after admitting Wednesday in court that he shot a fellow soldier in the head while driving him in a car and then shot himself in the leg to ...

DALLAS (KDAF) — The U.S. may no longer hold the title as the fifth-largest incarceration rate in the world, but new data shows that several states are seeing a troubling rise in prison populations—and ...

HBO Max's latest documentary, 'The Cult Behind the Killer,' explores the harrowing crime of Andrea Yates, the mother who drowned all five of her children in the bathtub. She believed the Devil had ...

Years later, in 1931, the general manager of the prison system, Marshall Lee Simmons, dreamed up the idea of the prison rodeo ...

Ghislaine Maxwell’s transfer to a Texas prison prompted an outcry from survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and some lawmakers. Since arriving in August, Maxwell has gushed to friends ...

Prisoners are now taking regular trips to far-flung, exotic locales such as Thailand. No passport required, just a virtual ...

More than two dozen incarcerated men were invited to participate in the father-daughter dance based on good behavior.

North Crowley head coach Ray Gates talks to an official on the sideline during a Class 6A Division I regional playoff against Coppell on Nov. 29 at Midlothian ISD Stadium in Midlothian. Miles Meador ...

MCKINNEY, Texas — A 44-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole related to a 2017 capital murder case in Frisco, according to a release from the Collin ...

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 ...

A former New York state prison guard convicted of murder for his role in the brutal beating of an inmate that was captured on body-camera footage was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in prison.