A LABAMA - For a few months now, Texas' prison system has been under the spotlight as it struggles to keep inmates safe amid ...

The executive director of the Texas prison system reported to his governing board at a meeting in Bryan that the recently ...

Advocates file lawsuit against Texas prison system, allege 'cruel and unusual' conditions during summer heat: 'This isn't an unpredictable event' first appeared on The Cool Down.

An Austin federal judge ruled Wednesday evening that sweltering heat in Texas prison cells is likely violating inmates’ constitutional rights, but he declined to order the state's prison system ...

Texas’ sprawling prison and criminal justice system is facing a dangerous staffing crisis that puts inmates and staff at risk — and it could soon run out of room to house the projected number ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, or TDCJ, will take control and staff two prisons in Central Texas later this year ...

Simmons’ story is common in the Texas state prison system, the nation’s largest, which now faces a legal challenge that says the heat conditions constitute cruel and unusual punishment.

These were the most dehumanizing conditions I had experienced within the Texas system. This was 2022, and these living conditions reminded me of conditions experienced by enslaved people in the 1800s.

MCGAUGHY: Edwards wants Texas to admit they've been hiding inmate heat deaths, and his clients want AC installed across the entire prison system. The last time he sued over the heat, the Prison ...

The Texas Tribune. Texas’ sprawling prison and criminal justice system is facing a dangerous staffing crisis that puts inmates and staff at risk — and it could soon run out of room to house ...

Texas’ sprawling prison and criminal justice system is facing a dangerous staffing crisis that puts inmates and staff at risk — and it could soon run out of room to house the projected number ...