Two Texas prisons are closing later this year. State Sen. John Whitmire announced the closure of adults prisons in Beeville and Sugarland, according to a news release.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A man was sentenced to 65 years in prison after a Bee County jury convicted him of involuntary manslaughter in the death of another man in September 2022. Beeville Police ...

Houston Matters Lockdown of Texas prisons due to rise in violence isn’t effective long-term, expert says. The department is conducting comprehensive searches for contraband in response to a rise ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Beeville man who crashed a stolen pickup truck into the North Gate of NAS-Corpus Christi back in October has been sentenced to time in federal prison.

HUNTSVILLE — A Texas inmate convicted in the death of a prison guard was put to death Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his lawyer’s attempts to halt the execution. Robert Pruett ...

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Texas will close two of its more than 100 state prisons amid a decline in recent years in the incarcerated population and serious understaffing at some facilities.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice William G. McConnell Unit at Chase Field in Beeville in 2013. (Jennifer Whitney For The Texas Tribune, Jennifer Whitney For The Texas Tribune) Sign up for ...

Following a declining inmate population and dangerous understaffing in Texas prisons, the state is closing two of its more than 100 lockups.. State Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, announced ...

As the state prison system sees fewer inmates ... 18,000 fewer inmates resided in the Texas prison system after the coronavirus caused ... Garza East prison in Beeville and the Jester I Unit ...

HOUSTON, Texas — A 32-year-old Beeville resident has been taken into custody for smuggling contraband into a federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

HOUSTON, Texas — A 32-year-old Beeville resident has been taken into custody for smuggling contraband into a federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.