Suicides and homicides are already rising in Texas prisons. Restricting visits and communication will only deepen despair, ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KTRK) -- A number of prisoners at the Wynne Unit are on a hunger strike to protest a prison lockdown, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Authorities say the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed a Texas inmate to pursue his claim against prison officials that his civil rights were violated by being locked up in cells with extremely filthy conditions.

Despite receiving substantial state funding to air-condition prisons in the last few years, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has stayed mum on when it will install cooling across the system.

Ghislaine Maxwell’s arrival to the federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, this month has sent a shot of tension across its minimum-security all-female units, even while her lawyer says she’s in a safer ...

Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials face renewed scrutiny as former inmates and advocates allege systemic abuse of authority — including the routine use of chemical agents, surveillance, ...