Texas prisons without air conditioning get so hot in summer that temperatures there would routinely violate state standards for other types of lockups, like county jails, according to a new ...

The Enduring Service program connects dogs with volunteer trainers at the Travis Unit state prison in East Austin.

To cool the state’s entire prison system, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has said it would cost more than $1 billion. But so far, TDCJ has not asked the Legislature for the full funding, ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal trial over air conditioning in Texas prisons began in Austin on Monday. An issue is whether or not having air conditioning for inmates who are housed in Texas prisons during ...

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The Texas Attorney General's Office is investigating the death of an inmate over the weekend at a state prison near Amarillo. Samuell Jackson, 43, died Saturday, March 14, at Northwest Texas Hospital, ...