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

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

The prison mail system has changed, sometimes, if rarely, for the better. Under the old rules, inmates could only receive greeting cards for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Christmas.

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 ...

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.

The state has canceled all visits to Texas prison inmates until a comprehensive search of all 100 correctional facilities for contraband has been completed.

A group of Texas death row inmates are suing the state's prison system over its mandatory and indefinite solitary confinement rules for those awaiting execution.

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 ...

Texas’ juvenile prison system is nearing total collapse. Its five lockups are dangerously understaffed, an ongoing problem that worsened dramatically last year when its turnover rate hit more ...

HOUSTON — The Texas prison system’s 100 units have been placed on a statewide lockdown due to a series of drug-related inmate homicides, officials announced on Wednesday. But the lockdown is ...

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.

HOUSTON — The Texas prison system’s 100 units have been placed on a statewide lockdown due to a series of drug-related inmate homicides, officials announced on Wednesday.