As clips of Texas lawmakers breaking gavels go viral on social media, the Statesman set about to find out where they're made.

The Texas Prison Rodeo started in 1931 and featured prison inmates taking part in events each October at a usually packed arena just outside the prison walls in Huntsville. For the convicts ...

For instance, a prisoner caught with illegal narcotics can result in a felony charge, meaning additional two to 10 years in prison and optional ... Contempt of Court in Texas You Do Not Want ...

The Texas House passed Friday a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning by the end of 2032. Lawmakers passed 79-39 House Bill 3006 by Terry Canales, D-Edinburg. If the Legislature or the ...

Would you choose to live in a prison? You might — if it had been converted into a community of well-designed apartments with a club house, swimming pool, green spaces, restaurants, retail shops ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House passed Friday a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning by the end of 2032. Lawmakers passed 79-39 House Bill 3006 by Terry Canales, D-Edinburg.

RICHARDSON, Texas — A fentanyl dealer in North Texas was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for his role in distributing over $64,000 worth of fentanyl, according to federal ...

because there’s other people out there that have been receiving 20-plus years in prison.” That’s true. In 2023, Texas lawmakers passed a new law allowing prosecutors to file a murder charge ...

House Bill 3006 would require air-conditioning in all Texas prisons by 2032. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice would be required to complete the project in three phases. Inmate advocacy ...

House Bill 3006 would require air-conditioning in all Texas prisons by 2032. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice would be required to complete the project in three phases. Inmate advocacy groups ...

AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — The Texas House gave preliminary approval Thursday to a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning by the end of 2032. Lawmakers passed 89-43 House Bill 3006 by ...

Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images About two-thirds of Texas prison inmates reside in facilities that are not fully air conditioned in housing areas. (Angela Piazza For The ...