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

ICE says it was an "administrative error" sending a Maryland man with protected status to El Salvador, according to officials ...

David Batts was not himself when he was arrested, and police and medical experts say he should not have been taken from the hospital to jail.

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

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

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

A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional,” but declined to order the ...

Weatherford, would create a uniform statewide confidentiality policy for records of alleged misconduct by law enforcement officers that weren’t ...

From 2011 through Feb. 28, 2025, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) provided DPS with information on more than 33,000 illegal foreign nationals identified by DHS while incarcerated. Among ...

Is there a better route for reform within communities than the government imposing a Uniform Civil Code? Can religious minorities expect justice if they do not stand with sexual minorities?

However, the Department of Health and Human Services is not as knowledgeable about the programs, said Mia Ives-Rublee, senior director for the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for ...

Two-thirds of the state’s roughly 100 jails and prisons in Texas are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing areas.