The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially back in the prisons.

After eight years in “the hole” at Texas’ Lane Murray Unit, Kwaneta Harris documents the “daily reality” of staff sexual ...

Commercial real estate professionals make ideal volunteer mentors for the Texas-based Prison Entrepreneurship Program, ...

“The health and safety of our staff and inmate population is our highest priority,” Haney said.

Yolanda Saldivar, the woman convicted of murdering rising star Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez in 1995, is seeking ...

Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and ...

Officials at an Anderson County prison say water service has been fixed after families of inmates raised concerns.

A suspect convicted of cntinuously sexually abusing a child has been sentenced to serve the rest of his life in prison.On ...