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 ...

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.

Every graduate left prison with a job offer in hand, and graduates are about half as likely to return to prison as the general prison population, state officials said.

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.

Texas’ sprawling prison and criminal justice system is facing a dangerous staffing crisis that puts inmates and staff at risk — and it could soon run out of room to house the projected number ...

About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s staffing shortages harm the safety of staff, inmates, and the public, state lawmakers found in a new report, as the nation’s ...

Local News Education Inmates in this Texas program are leaving prison with jobs — and lower chances of reincarceration By Guest Contributor - ...

Housing Texas prison inmates in sweltering facilities that lack air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional,” U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman said Wednesday in a groundbreaking, 91-page ...