Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For 175 years, the oldest prison in Texas was led by men. Now, for the first time, a woman is in charge. The Huntsville Unit, ...

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, ...

Texas prisons without air conditioning get so hot in summer that temperatures there would routinely violate state standards for other types of lockups, like county jails, according to a new ...