Connally Unit News Today

Texas Crime Stories takes you back to the brazen prison escape almost 23 years ago that led to the death of an Irving police officer and what one of the remaining members of the Texas 7 has to say now as he sits on death row.

Here is a look at five expansive searches that lasted weeks, months or even years before the authorities caught their targets.

Texas Public Radio reporter Paul Flahive offers insight into what people in Texas prisons have experienced this summer.

The images of Texas prison inmate Gonzalo Lopez show him on the morning of his escape as he was being escorted onto a bus

One of the two surviving members of the Texas 7 gang of escaped prisoners has received another stay of execution.

Life behind enemy lines can be lonely, and a letter from a friend – a pen pal – can liberate mind and spirit. These prisoners are reaching out to you. They trust that Bay View readers truly care. Reach back and write a letter today!

Brown had served 10 years of a 99-year sentence out of Jefferson County. Sylvia Ortiz, 52, died on Aug. 28 at a local hospital in Texas City. She tested positive for COVID-19 on Aug. 14 and was transported from the Carole Young Unit in Dickinson on Aug. 16. Her autopsy results indicated that her cause of death was COVID-19, in addition to pre-existing medical conditions, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said. Ortiz had served nine years of a 10-year sentence out of Dawson County. Joseph...