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

The investigation was ordered by federal judge hearing a case on whether heat in Texas prisons qualifies as cruel and unusual ...

State and defense attorneys got into a heated battle in court Friday over access to documents as they prepare for Texas ...

There was a battle in a Dallas County courtroom on Friday over documents not given to defense attorneys for the new trial of ...

The investigation was triggered by a federal judge, who questioned the state’s recordkeeping. Inmates are suing the state, ...

Investigators found credible evidence that she was illegally giving out controlled substances to at least one inmate.

The investigation is tied to a federal lawsuit filed by Bernie Tiede, a Texas man spending life in prison who has reported ...

A woman has been arrested and a Smith County inmate has another charge added after she allegedly provided him with prohibited ...

The Smith County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a contracted medical employee working at the Smith County Jail for allegedly ...

An inmate and three other people are accused of smuggling drugs and contraband into the Old County Jail in Brownsville. An ...

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to PEOPEL that the search for 21-year-old Michael D. Anderson remains ongoing ...