Here’s what to know about the Texas Seven, including their escape from a South Texas prison, subsequent crime spree and ...

Thanks to reforms, the Texas prison population dwindled, and the troubled, privately managed Dawson State Jail near downtown Dallas closed in 2013. Now Texas is planning to end its decades-long ...

One of the most wanted men in the United States is wanted by the U.S. Marshals and the State of Texas. Jose Fernando ...

But U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman’s warnings to Texas to act after finding the conditions in the prison system unconstitutional could resonate elsewhere in the U.S. where similar challenges are ...

A years-long fight over the temperature inside Texas prisons has entered a new phase. In a landmark ruling issued on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman ruled that keeping inmates in ...

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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 ...

But U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman’s warnings to Texas to act after finding the conditions in the prison system unconstitutional could resonate elsewhere in the U.S. where similar challenges ...