Two-thirds of the state’s roughly 100 jails and prisons in Texas are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing areas. Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited ...

Texas lawmakers are proposing over 100 bills to increase criminal penalties, which could lead to an increase in the state's jails and prisons. The bills include measures to crack down on organized ...

Editor’s Note: The Texas Observer sought TDCJ responses to ... Last year, I saw a transition start to take place inside the prison where I had been incarcerated. Chemical agents were being ...

Internal investigation reveals Texas prison employees falsified temperature logs to conceal dangerous conditions for inmates and staff.

Proposed legislation includes increased penalties for retail theft, car burglaries and forgery, among others. Inmates are monitored at a security station at the Harris County Detention Center on ...