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

"I ask you all, as a mother, what would you do if you saw the death of your child on a video? Would you not fight?" ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion on Thursday establishing limits on when an outside investigation must take place following a Texas jail inmate’s death. State law requires the Texas ...

RUSK COUNTY (WQOW) - A death investigation is currently underway in Rusk County. Few details have been released.

Los Angeles County leaders are turning up the pressure on the sheriff’s department after a deadly start to the year inside local lockups. On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors approved a motion that ...

Now, we shift to greater public oversight and accountability. The jail is a black box, and Bexar County officials must open ...

A sheriff who is a leading candidate for governor of California hid the causes of a mounting epidemic of jail deaths behind a culture of cover-up and retaliation, a former captain in the department ...

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 ...

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) says they're investigating the death of a Marion County inmate.The inmate was ...

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office released information Saturday on the death of a 44-year-old inmate who perished while ...