A new program in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, allows death row prisoners to mingle outside of solitary confinement ...

The families of three Texas inmates who died during the state's 2023 heat wave are suing the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), in a wrongful death lawsuit against the state's lack of air ...

Three families, whose relatives died while in Texas prisons during a summer heat wave, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in US District Court Thursday against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, or ...

Texas’ prison guard shortfall makes it harder for inmates to get reprieve from extreme indoor heat, critics say About 25% of Texas’ correctional officer positions are unfilled.

Simmons was incarcerated in Texas prisons from 2011 until 2021 and now leads the Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance, a nonprofit organization that advocates for inmates.

Last year, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice opened a new prison focused on rehabilitation. One reentry program the prison offers to male inmates is modeled off of STRIVE.

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – Housing Texas prison inmates in sweltering facilities that lack air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional,” U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman said Wednesday in a ...

About 25% of Texas’ correctional officer positions are unfilled. Inmates say the shortages make it harder for them to get respite during hot summer months.