45 Madison County inmates on ICE holds, identified as undocumented immigrants
Out of the nearly 1,200 inmates inside the Madison County Jail, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has identified ...
Davis Vanguard5d
Q&A: Kwaneta Harris on Solitary Confinement, Prison Journalism, and Speaking Truth from Inside Texas Prisons
Injustice sat down with Kwaneta Harris, an incarcerated writer housed at the Lane Murray Unit, the largest women’s prison in ...
KUT9d
Texas prison staff falsified records about temperatures behind bars, internal investigation finds
The investigation was triggered by a federal judge, who questioned the state’s recordkeeping. Inmates are suing the state, ...
Columbia Journalism Review12d
The Harsh Reality of Being a Prison Journalist
In the late summer of 2023, Jeremy Busby was brutally attacked by a cellmate in the Texas prison where he was being held.
The Texas Tribune on MSN3d
Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional, but doesn’t require air conditioning
The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.
Houston Public Media3d
Federal judge says heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional, does not order immediate A/C
Judge Robert Pitman says inmates who sued the state could win their case but that the fix is not easy or cheap.
WHNT27d
Huntsville man arrested after officers find drugs, firearm during traffic stop
(WHNT) — A Huntsville man was arrested after officers found drugs and a firearm inside his vehicle on Sunday ... of marijuana 1st, promoting prison contraband, and unlawful possession of ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph4d
Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional, but doesn’t require air conditioning
Housing Texas prison inmates in sweltering facilities that ... I cried for my people on the inside.” In an emailed statement, a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said ...