HOUSTON — A former Marine in Houston was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession, distribution and production of child pornography. At the sentencing hearing for ...

A relatively new pilot scheme has seen inmates on death row granted more privileges than they’ve had in the past. In America, 27 states have the death penalty, and among them, serving this sentence in ...

Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S.

Two thirds of people incarcerated in Texas’ prisons face another summer without air conditioning after lawmakers again declined to pass legislation that would mandate a timeline for ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, or TDCJ, will take control and staff two prisons in Central Texas later this year thanks to a legislative funding allocation, according to an email TDCJ ...

The Texas Prison Rodeo started in 1931 and featured prison inmates taking part in events each October at a usually packed arena.

An Austin federal judge has declared extreme heat in Texas prisons “plainly unconstitutional." The bill faces an uphill battle in the Senate.

Texas House approves bill mandating air conditioning in prisons by 2032, targeting key areas for climate control, pending Senate approval.

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.

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.

The Texas House overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday night to require air conditioning across the state’s prison system, marking the third time in five years that the lower chamber has ...