About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

Two-thirds of the state’s roughly 100 jails and prisons in Texas are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing areas.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Arlando “Tray” Jones was a toddler when his dad was killed ... He was later convicted and sentenced to life ...

Texas’ prison population is projected to increase by about 10% over the next five years, according to the Legislative Budget Board, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice continues to ...

Federal prosecutors say a North Texas pharmacist and partners paid doctors millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks to prescribe expensive and unnecessary compounded creams for pain and scars ...

A federal district judge in Indiana has once again ordered the state Department of Correction (IDOC) to arrange a sex reassignment surgery for a transgender inmate convicted of reckless homicide ...

This comes after TDCJ spokesperson Hannah Haney confirmed the previous day that the prison, located in Anderson County, has been working to repair low water pressure issues. Haney confirmed ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A Texas man was sentenced to prison after he admitted he attempted to engage in sexual acts with a child while on a business trip in Utah. On Sept. 28, 2023, Joshua ...

A bill proposed in the Texas legislature could charge transgender Texans with a state felony if they commit what proponents call “gender identity fraud.” Republican state Rep. Tom Oliverson ...

PLANO, Texas — A 62-year-old North Texas pharmacist was sentenced to over 17 years in prison and ordered to pay over $115 million in restitution for his role in a $145 million scheme to defraud ...

Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Commissioner Daniel Martuscello told reporters Monday evening the strike was “over” and revealed that the prison guards who failed to clock ...

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