Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Secretary Carolyn Scruggs and Deputy Secretary for Administration Joseph Sedtal appear Thursday before a joint hearing of House and Senate ...

They are parolees serving the remainder of the prison sentences in communities across Texas, but have failed to report their parole officer as required. According to the Parole Division of the Texas ...

The woman convicted of killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez has been denied parole after spending decades behind bars for fatally shooting the young singer at a Texas motel in 1995, ...

(AP) - Thirty years ago, music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was killed by her fan club’s president, Yolanda Saldívar. For the last three decades, Saldívar has served her life sentence in Texas. Now ...

BALTIMORE -- Maryland lawmakers conducted a public safety hearing Thursday, five months after a Maryland parole officer was murdered while conducting a home check-in on a convicted sex offender.

State Sen. William Folden, a Republican from Frederick County and a retired deputy sheriff, is raising concerns about the lack of monitoring for violent offenders on parole in Maryland. As the ...