The five bills that would require complete air conditioning in state prisons haven’t had a hearing yet, and the money set for ...

The judge ruled Texas prison cell temperatures, which regularly exceed 90 and 100 degrees, likely violate rights against ...

The Justice Department quietly decided in the final weeks of the Biden administration not to prosecute Texas Attorney General ...

A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don't have air conditioning is "plainly unconstitutional." ...

From 2011 through Feb. 28, 2025, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) provided DPS with information on more than ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...

Texan authorities have been criticized over extreme heat in their prison system, where temperatures can routinely rise above ...

Citing President Trump's policies, Congressman David Lowe calls for the transfer of thousands of incarcerated immigrants to ...

Perez’s killer, Yolanda Saldívar, has been denied parole, nearly 30 years after she shot her dead. According to a report in ...

A 45-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been sentenced for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine ...

A proposed $336.1 billion state spending plan that includes money for teacher pay raises, border security, property tax cuts ...

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