Texas Department of Criminal Justice

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

Tears often filled the eyes of the women in this Texas prison town as they prepared for their upcoming release from the system after years or even decades…

Days after a federal judge threatened to jail Texas prison officials for violating a settlement agreement to put some inmates in air conditioned housing,…

Texas incarcerates more women than any other state. The number of women in Texas prisons has ballooned since 1980, growing by nearly 1,000% – twice the…

From Texas Standard : On Tuesday, a new Texas Department of Criminal Justice policy went into effect, banning any religious adviser from being in the...

After a recent slew of damning headlines regarding conditions within Texas prisons, reform advocates and lawmakers are hopeful that the timing is right to…

As temperatures soared over 100 degrees in most of the state this week, ongoing concerns over the safety of inmates and guards in Texas prisons — almost…

Incarcerated women in Texas have access to fewer educational and vocational programs compared to incarcerated men, a new study finds . The study,...

ROSHARON — Just 30 miles south of the urban epicenter of Houston, the scene around one of Texas’ oldest maximum-security prisons has a much more rustic…

Almost two years after Texas tried to import an execution drug from overseas, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ruled Thursday that the drug can’t be…

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Texas death row inmate Tuesday, sending his case back to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and invalidating…

Almost 7,000 individuals in Texas have died while in police custody or behind bars over the past 10 years, according to an online report released…