A new comprehensive analysis of state data shows Texas prisons get so hot in summer that temperatures there would routinely ...

Texas prisons are instituting 15-day lockdowns for drug offenses. These long lockdowns might increase violence and damage relationships.

Last year, the Texas prison system unwittingly started a controlled experiment. Agency leaders have long blamed prisoners’ friends and families for a constant flow of drugs they say are often smuggled ...

After being sentenced to more than 10 years in state prison, Kristina Chambers will join the small population of incarcerated expectant mothers. For pregnant women spending time in prison, the Texas ...

LIVINGSTON, Texas-Christopher King can't get married, at least not while he's confined to a Texas prison. The convicted car thief and his fiancee are prevented from tying the knot because of a new ...