New numbers from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice project 18,000 new air-conditioned beds as a result of recent state ...

The program allows the selected prisoners to spend several hours a day outside their cells and allows them to enjoy communal meals, TV time, prayer circles and - for the first time in decades - direct ...

The seven inmates broke out of the maximum-security prison Dec.13 and remain on the loose. The fugitives are charged in the Christmas Eve killing of anIrving police officer during a robbery ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is facing more legal action over sweltering conditions in state prisons. The families of three inmates who died in 2023 are suing ...