Nine inmates at the Telford Unit face new charges related to organized criminal activity, according to a TDCJ investigation.

According to officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, a contraband investigation led to the arrest not only ...

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – A week after a federal judge declared hot conditions in Texas prisons unconstitutional, a legislative push to require air conditioning in every state prison has not gained ...

A week after a federal judge declared hot conditions in Texas prisons ... units. Even if lawmakers grant that request, millions more will be needed to get to the at least $1.1 billion the TDCJ ...

About two thirds of Texas’ prison inmates ... about 11,000 units. Even if lawmakers grant that request, millions more will be needed to get to the at least $1.1 billion the TDCJ says they ...

Studies show that temperatures reaching 140 degrees in the antiquated red-brick Texas prisons ... to continue TDCJ’s ongoing installation of air conditioning in more units and housing areas ...

Housing Texas prison ... to continue TDCJ’s ongoing installation of air conditioning in more units and housing areas throughout the TDCJ system.” About 85,000 Texas prison inmates reside ...

Currently, TDCJ has 35 fully air-conditioned units and 53 partially air-conditioned units. Extreme heat in Texas prisons has already caused several deaths. In a 2022 study, researchers found that ...

FILE – An inmate works outdoors during the hot summer outside a Texas prison unit in Huntsville ... On Thursday, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said it has asked lawmakers for $ ...