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 ...

“This is a federal judge saying Texas is unconstitutionally ... respond to a request for comment. About 85,000 Texas prison inmates reside in facilities that do not have air conditioning in ...

Edward Estrada's client already had admitted to skimming - installing devices inside gas pumps to steal customers' credit ...

He was also ordered to pay restitution of $243,540.85 and forfeit $79,850, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

An Avondale security supervisor will serve 13 months in prison for sexually assaulting a female inmate at a Phoenix ...

On March 25, prison officials found Javier Francisco Villalba-Reyes unresponsive at about 6 a.m. and he was pronounced dead a ...

About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.