Investigation finds Texas prison staff falsified records about temperatures
The investigation is tied to a federal lawsuit filed by Bernie Tiede, a Texas man spending life in prison who has reported ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN19h
Texas prison staff falsified temperatures records, investigation finds
Two-thirds of the state’s roughly 100 jails and prisons in Texas are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing areas.
Houston Public Media19h
Texas prison staff falsified records about temperatures behind bars, internal investigation finds
The investigation, which homed in on recordkeeping at the Mark W. Stiles Unit in Beaumont over the summer of 2022, found ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN8d
Texas lawmakers are pushing harsher criminal penalties while prison and jail populations soar
Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and ...
Fox News9d
Texas execution of 'desert killer,' on death row for 30 years, blocked by court
Wood will remain in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice custody at the Polunsky Unit, the department said in a statement to Fox News Digital. Wood's execution was the second halted in the U.S ...
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Brittany Holberg, inmate on Texas death row for 27 years, has her conviction tossed by federal appeals court
A Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesperson said the agency had no comment on Holberg's case. Holberg is currently being held at the Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit, a Gatesville prison that ...
Dallas Morning News9d
What to know about the death penalty and death row in Texas
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 ...
The New York Times26d
Supreme Court Justices Appear Narrowly Divided Over Death Row Prisoner Plea for DNA Testing
Texas Department of Criminal Justice, via Associated Press Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. appeared skeptical that DNA testing would change the outcome. “The DNA can’t show he wasn’t there ...
abc1311d
Federal appeals court reverses Texas death row inmate's 1998 murder conviction
A Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesperson said the agency had no comment on Holberg's case. Holberg is currently being held at the Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit, a Gatesville prison that ...
The Dallas Weekly8d
Texas lawmakers are pushing harsher criminal penalties while prison and jail populations soar
and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice continues to contend with a staffing shortage. County jails’ population is also increasing. As of February, their population was about 2.5% higher ...
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As Texas readies 3rd execution of 2025, 'Desert Killer' asks for stay, DNA testing
HUNTSVILLE, Texas - As the state of Texas prepares for its third ... The Source: Information on Wood's execution date comes from the Department of Criminal Justice. Information on new evidence comes ...