The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially ...

Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and ...

He has been serving his sentence at Huntsville Unit, the oldest prison in Texas. Constructed 176 years ago, it is made mostly of red brick, and even though it is air-conditioned, temperatures ...

President Joe Biden (D) ended family detention in 2021, converting three facilities in Dilley and Karnes, Texas, and Berks ...

After eight years in “the hole” at Texas’ Lane Murray Unit, Kwaneta Harris documents the “daily reality” of staff sexual ...

Officials at an Anderson County prison say water service has been fixed after families of inmates raised concerns.

The Trump administration is expected to use thousands more beds in these facilities as part of its mass deportation effort.

A private prison company has signed an agreement to reopen an immigrant detention facility in Texas that previously held ...

The execution of serial killer David Leonard Wood will end a nearly 40-year saga for nine El Paso families, but the victims' ...

Prison health-care company Tehum Care Services Inc. won approval to exit bankruptcy with a personal injury settlement that ...