criminal justice

The agency is so understaffed that teens have reported spending up to 23 hours locked in their cells, using water bottles to go to the bathroom. A staggering number have hurt themselves or been placed on suicide watch.

Melissa Lucio, who was set to be executed on Wednesday, has been granted a stay of execution by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday.

When Lubbock County switched its computer software system from Ki-Corp to Tyler Technologies this August, criminal defense attorneys say they noticed issues immediately. The County say's it's part of the transition process they are working to improve.

From Houston Public Media: Thu Nguyen's house in Katy has been pranked for a decade. She has woken up to find dead animals thrown in her yard. Her family…