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A new comprehensive analysis of state data shows Texas prisons get so hot in summer that temperatures there would routinely violate state standards for other types of lockups. The state will be back in federal court to defend the conditions behind bars.

The rising number of youth sent from counties like Tarrant is helping to push the waitlist for beds in youth prisons to near an all-time high, the state says.

Maxwell was convicted in 2021 of helping Epstein sexually abuse underage girls and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Trump framed the deportation of more than 230 Venezuelan men as a long-overdue campaign to rid the country of immigrants who have committed violent crimes. The facts tell a different story.

The Texas Attorney General's office has taken over the Roberson case from the Anderson County District Attorney and has requested Roberson be immediately added to the death row calendar.

Judge Robert Pitman says inmates who sued the state could win their case but that the fix is not easy or cheap.

The investigation was triggered by a federal judge, who questioned the state’s recordkeeping. Inmates are suing the state, alleging the heat inside the state’s dozens of un-air conditioned prisons is dangerous.

Private prison company GEO Group sued the state comptroller in 2017, arguing the company's purchases qualified for an exemption.

Those housed in the O’Daniel Unit in Gatesville, including such names as Melissa Lucio, have had their lives touched by a particular Catholic order.

The narcotic farm promised a more humane approach to drug treatment, but the reality was more complicated, Oklahoma State University professor Holly Karibo argues.

GEO Group owns 11 private prisons across Texas, and the facilities at issue are mostly ICE detention centers. Its argument hinges on one word: instrumentality.

Women’s Storybook Project brings “hope inside dark places.”