While quality treatment options remain scarce—even in the hardest-hit lockups

Austin officers killed an unarmed 17-year-old at a park last month in what the chief swiftly deemed "suicide by police." Some call the concept a type of "junk science."

After the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, local authorities have struggled to stake their claim on an investigation into a killing within the most populous Texas city’s limits.

After the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, local authorities have struggled to stake their claim on an investigation into a killing within the most populous Texas city’s limits.

Pamela Colloff’s debut book is a propulsive study of a fatally flawed tactic beloved by prosecutors in Texas and beyond.

A groundbreaking data analysis shows how districts across the state are arresting and citing children for common misbehavior, leaving lasting trauma as the Legislature rejects bills to raise the age o...

Pamela Colloff’s debut book is a propulsive study of a fatally flawed tactic beloved by prosecutors in Texas and beyond.

James Broadnax is set to be executed April 30. But someone else has admitted to the crime.

With Free Range Productions, Michelle Pitcher digs deep into a conviction involving a dubious hypnosis technique.

With Free Range Productions, Michelle Pitcher digs deep into a conviction involving a dubious hypnosis technique.

With Free Range Productions, Michelle Pitcher digs deep into a conviction involving a dubious hypnosis technique.

With Free Range Productions, Michelle Pitcher digs deep into a conviction involving a dubious hypnosis technique.

Below you’ll find the official press release announcing the award and honor winners for this year’s fourteen literary award categories. Press Release-2026 contest winnersDownload

In Texas, an opaque system undermines accountability for judges.

Amber Givens beat out two-term DA John Creuzot in Tuesday’s primary, sending shockwaves through the local political and courthouse scene.

Eight candidates are running to be the Democratic nominee in the open race for the district attorney’s office. None are frontrunners.

Since Columbine, expectations for cops have been clear. But reality often hasn’t measured up.

Since Columbine, expectations for cops have been clear. But reality often hasn’t measured up.

Once billed as rehabilitative alternatives to prisons, these facilities are the sites of fatal overdoses—like that which ended the life of a Texan named Jackie Wiley.

Once billed as rehabilitative alternatives to prisons, these facilities are the sites of fatal overdoses—like that which ended the life of a Texan named Jackie Wiley.

She's a death row survivor, but she doesn't think she's really any different from her friends who are still set to die.

She's a death row survivor, but she doesn't think she's really any different from her friends who are still set to die.

An Austin literary shop has branched out into loud concerts, cementing a place in the city’s DIY music scene.

"We’re hopeful that it means it doesn’t come back again, and that we can preserve some level of transparency for all Texans."

As public attention has shifted away from policing reform, legislators attempt to shove information into the dark.

Longtime advocate Jorge Antonio Renaud lyricizes the grit of prison life in his first published collection of poems, The Restlessness of Bound Wrists.

An open-source review unearths fresh details about a Texas oilman’s murder.

Clinton Young spent nearly two decades condemned to die. His peaceful, productive time out on bond poses questions about how Texas decides who lives long enough to get another chance.

Clinton Young spent nearly two decades condemned to die. His peaceful, productive time out on bond poses questions about how Texas decides who lives long enough to get another chance.

Clinton Young spent nearly two decades condemned to die. His peaceful, productive time out on bond poses questions about how Texas decides who lives long enough to get another chance.

Republicans want to double down on a system that can keep Texans in jail for years without a trial, while attacking bail funds that try to help.

A new book by a national expert explores the failures of the United States’ favored execution method.

Texas plans to execute Wood in March. George Hall says police encouraged him to lie about Wood confessing six murders to him.