A LABAMA - For a few months now, Texas' prison system has been under the spotlight as it struggles to keep inmates safe amid ...

The prison mail system has changed, sometimes, if rarely, for the better. Under the old rules, inmates could only receive greeting cards for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Christmas.

The state has canceled all visits to Texas prison inmates until a comprehensive search of all 100 correctional facilities for contraband has been completed.

A group of Texas death row inmates are suing the state's prison system over its mandatory and indefinite solitary confinement rules for those awaiting execution.

DALLAS — He thought he was going to die. At one point, he went to the emergency room. A test showed he had COVID-19. “I was constantly cold and sweating,” the correctional officer from East ...

Advocates file lawsuit against Texas prison system, allege 'cruel and unusual' conditions during summer heat: 'This isn't an unpredictable event' first appeared on The Cool Down.

The Texas prison system told me in this case it would take roughly $55 million to upgrade the fire alarms and get them functional systemwide.

The federal prison system has been placed on a nationwide lockdown after two inmates were killed and two others were injured Monday in Beaumont. ... The Texas prison houses 1,372 male inmates.

Texas’ sprawling prison and criminal justice system is facing a dangerous staffing crisis that puts inmates and staff at risk — and it could soon run out of room to house the projected number ...

Last year, the Texas prison system unwittingly started a controlled experiment. ... Texas prison officers start at a salary of about $36,000; the maximum is less than $45,000.

A May 2018 budget report revealed that more than 60 percent of the women in Texas prisons have at least one minor child, which comes with an annual taxpayer price tag of $30,960 for each child in ...

Texas’ prison system has had more prisoners test positive for COVID-19 than any other state, according to The Marshall Project, a nonprofit organization that focuses on the criminal justice system.