Jail advocates and attorneys said the interpretation provides sheriff’s offices with a scapegoat opportunity to evade ...

The list of appointments was posted less than a month after the Star-Telegram found the Texas Commission on Jail Standards ...

Texas lawmakers are considering bills that would allow law enforcement agencies throughout the state to hide certain ...

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A pair of bills before the Texas Legislature aim to make more of law enforcement agencies' disciplinary records inaccessible ...

The Texas Jail Project, which spotlighted the ... advocates say the deaths have marred the intent of the landmark Sandra Bland Act, which Abbott signed into law in 2017 to require that independent ...

He died there three days later, at the age of 31. Under the Sandra Bland Act, all in-custody deaths in Texas jails must be investigated by an outside law enforcement agency. But when Mallory spoke ...

A poster at a rally for prison reform on Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Kingston, N.Y., depicts Sandra Bland. She was found hanged in a Texas jail cell in 2015 three days after her arrest following ...

Culture shocks and basketball disappointment shaped the journey for FGCU women's basketball coach Raina Harmon, whose impact ...