A new comprehensive analysis of state data shows Texas prisons get so hot in summer that temperatures there would routinely ...

Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery Also known as TDJC Execution, Huntsville Prison Cemetery, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, USA Image by Find A Graveweb (1) The Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Huntsville, the ...

Prisoners at Ellis Unit in Huntsville, Texas, in March of 1966. Ellis is built on land from a former slave plantation. Credit: Photo by Bruce Jackson On a 90-degree June day at Memorial Unit in ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice prepares prisons for winter storms through winterization procedures, generator prep, and the provision of inmate cold-weather gear.

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about how the system works here and a firsthand account from a reporter who witnessed an execution here.

Men at the Connally Unit Credit: image via Facebook / TDCJ – John B. Connally Unit The Texas Department of Criminal Justice acknowledges that tuberculosis has broken out in one of its largest prisons, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Horses graze outside the TDCJ Allan B. Polunsky Unit July 14, 2018 in Livingston. Christopher Young, who is on death row there for ...

Texas prisons are instituting 15-day lockdowns for drug offenses. These long lockdowns might increase violence and damage relationships.

After being sentenced to more than 10 years in state prison, Kristina Chambers will join the small population of incarcerated expectant mothers. For pregnant women spending time in prison, the Texas ...