Texas

Kaitlyn Ritnour had served with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Correctional Institutions Division for five months

The indictment accuses Jose Martin Espinoza Jr., of accepting money for bringing contraband into the East Hidalgo Detention Center

State appeals court decision asks criminal court to determine if an expert's testimony on recidivism was false and inaccurate

Texas prison officials must allow a spiritual advisor in the death chamber per an inmate's request, a judge ruled

TDCJ said inmate transportation would resume with three COs for each transport instead of the previous two

The agency said if it must transport an inmate for an emergency medical appointment or for release, it will have more security

The slain family members were ID'd as Mark Collins, 66, and his four grandsons: Waylon Collins, 18; Carson Collins, 16; Hudson Collins, 11; and Bryson Collins, 11

Eliahana Cruz Torres, 10, was one of 19 children killed when a gunman opened fire inside Robb Elementary

Officials said Gonzalo Lopez killed a Houston family of five at their cabin and stole their pickup truck

Gonzalo Lopez escaped from a Texas Department of Criminal Justice transport bus on May 12 after assaulting a correctional officer

"We will take this investigation wherever it leads us until Gonzalo Lopez is back in custody," an official said

Sixteen prisoners were aboard the bus, but only Gonzalo Lopez escaped, the department said

Gonzalo Lopez, who's serving a life sentence for murder, escaped after he overpowered the corrections officer