Texas prisons were so short staffed in 2023 ... Correctional officers must be shuttled from the Montford Unit, in Lubbock, just to fill shifts. But Collier added the Texas corrections system ...

Mauricio Cruz appeared Jan. 31 in the 140th District Court and pleaded guilty to a count of sexual assault of a child.

A 30-year-old Levelland man arrested in a 2020 fatal shooting in Lubbock is set to be sentenced to 22 years after entering a ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - An oversight committee now wants the state of Texas to close jails and prisons in response to staffing shortages. This is a follow-up in our KCBD Investigates series on the ...

Retention and recruitment issues aren’t unique to Tarrant County Jail, although other Texas facilities appear to be worse off, as the state's prisons operate with an officer vacancy rate of 70%.

On Monday, a Texas judge sentenced Dallas man Harold Thompson to life in prison. Thompson’s sentencing comes after a jury convicted him of killing his partner, Gabriela Gonzalez, for having an ...

A Texas man was sentenced to prison in connection with the murder of 25-year-old Jasmine Muldoon. Screengrab from Patricia Jo's Facebook page. A Texas man was sentenced to prison after agreeing to ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - On Daybreak Today, Council accepts health department road map Legislatures to consider prison, jail closures Deputies search for shooting suspect Biden delivers farewell ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Today, a Lubbock grand jury indicted a woman who was shot by an officer after police say she threatened her husband with a knife. KCBD first reported this story in November.

DALLAS – January often inspires many people to pursue passions in the New Year. Darren Wallace shows that age shouldn't stop dreams from becoming a reality. At 54 years old, he is in his second ...

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. Audio recording is automated for accessibility.

Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clinched the Texas House speakership Tuesday in the culmination of an unusually long and unusually public mudfight for the role. As expected ...