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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.”

Under a little-known Texas elections law, state prison inmates who are actively appealing their convictions are eligible to register and vote.

Texas has paid more than $50 million to compensate people wrongfully convicted of crimes in Dallas County.

More than 10,000 books are banned inside Texas prisons.

The suit alleges guards beat and raped Aafia Siddiqui, denied her medical care and violated her religious freedoms. Her case has also long been the subject of international controversy.

Newly released autopsies show extreme temperatures in state prisons may have contributed to multiple recent deaths behind bars. But the state says heat hasn’t killed any prisoners in more than a decade. A lawsuit challenging Texas prison heat protocols will be heard in federal court on Tuesday.