The Huntsville Unit, the state’s oldest prison in Texas dating to 1849, is shown here on Oct. 10, 2017. The state of Texas is defending its prison system against a lawsuit that says the lack of air ...

Texas prisons will ban hardback and used books starting April 1 to curb drug smuggling. Officials say contraband has been hidden in book bindings and pages, fueling overdoses. Only new softcover books ...

To cool the state’s entire prison system, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has said it would cost more than $1 billion. But so far, TDCJ has not asked the Legislature for the full funding, ...

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Last year, the Texas prison system unwittingly started a controlled experiment. Agency leaders have long blamed prisoners’ friends and families for a constant flow of drugs they say are often smuggled ...

Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio’s newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. In Texas, a long-forgotten series of prison albums ...

The famous Texas burlesque dancer Candy Barr (born Juanita Dale Slusher) performs with a band of incarcerated musicians, including drummer Morgan White, at the 1967 Texas Prison Rodeo. Barr had ...