A federal judge found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional,” but did not order the state to begin ...

According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDJC), the average stay on Texas Death Row is 11.22 years before ... According to Cato.org, the cost of death row inmates is quite steep compared ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Staff with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) falsified records about how hot it got in at least one Texas prison, according to an internal investigation tied to a ...

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

A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional,” but declined to order the ...

David Wood, 67, was sentenced to death in 1992 for the killing of six woman and girls in El Paso, Texas. He has spent nearly ...

AUSTIN The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announces Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender Raymond ... years of confinement in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison.

UPDATE: The Texas Department of Criminal Justice reported Tuesday morning that water and water pressure has been restored at the George Beto Unit state prison in Tennessee Colony near Palestine. One ...

In securing her conviction in 1998, Randall County prosecutors heavily relied on testimony from a jail inmate ... Texas Tribune's request for comment on Monday. A Texas Department of Criminal ...

according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice website. In Texas, from 1819 to 1923, people in Texas were put to death by hanging. In 1923, according to the Texas Department of Criminal ...