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“Ninety-five percent of people in prison are going to return to our communities. And it’s to all of our benefit that they are successful.”

The order temporarily blocks a lower court’s ruling that would have gone into effect Oct. 14 and forced Texas to provide more protective measures against the coronavirus at a geriatric prison.

Starting July 1, the Texas prison system will again accept inmates from county jails on a limited basis after halting intake three months ago due to the…

From Texas Standard : The pandemic has had an outsized affect on Texas prisons. Almost 4,000 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19, and 43 people in...

Texas is spending $45 million on 300,000 new coronavirus tests to largely be used in the infected state prison system, according to a Texas Department of…

Tarrant County reported 485 new COVID-19 cases Sunday. Officials have confirmed that 423 of those cases are among male inmates at the Federal Medical…

Within the walls of Texas prisons overrun with the new coronavirus, information on its spread is still scarce, and the people locked up and working inside…

Update 4/12/2020 at 8:57 pm:Since KERA first reported this story, Mendy Forbes ⁠— an inmate at Federal Medical Center Carswell ⁠— was put into…

The first Texas prisoner has tested positive for the new coronavirus.The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said Tuesday the 37-year-old man, who has a…

Following a declining inmate population and dangerous understaffing in Texas prisons, the state is closing two of its more than 100 lockups.State Sen.…

Texas officials didn't dispute that prosecutors introduced false testimony at Travis Runnels’ 2005 capital murder trial in Amarillo. Instead, they argued…

Even though Texas' prison population shrank this decade, the publicly funded costs to treat inmates' medical conditions continue to rise.The state spent…