The Texas Department of Criminal Justice will no longer allow books with hard covers in an effort to prevent drugs from ...

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 ...

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 ...

Imprisoned people are forced to drink and bathe with water they describe as over-chlorinated, slimy, and foul-smelling.

Inmates across the country have died or been hospitalized due to hypothermia. Climate change is poised to make winter in prison even worse.

The federal prison system has a significant shortage of psychologists, and longtime bureau employees say the effect is catastrophic. According to the Bureau of Prisons, more than one-third of ...

Devin Elder, who pleaded guilty to defrauding investors in a real estate scheme, faces up to 20 years in prison when he is ...

Pam Bondi's stark declaration that she hopes Ghislaine Maxwell 'will die in prison' has reignited scrutiny over the convicted ...

ICE, prison corporations, and state agencies are rapidly expanding Oklahoma’s detention infrastructure to accommodate an unprecedented surge in arrests ...

On Monday, The Irish Times reported on the plight of an Irish man named Seamus Culleton, who has been living in the United ...

Last year was the deadliest year in ICE detention in two decades. Nearly a quarter of those deaths occurred in Texas.