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

Lawmakers are pursuing legislative changes that would keep more people locked up in overcrowded county jails while awaiting ...

Sheriff Oscar Ugarte provided a behind-the-scenes look at the El Paso County Jail's security measures and inmate ...

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar and his team face mounting criticism about the jail. During a tour, they showed how they're working to make fixes.

More than 80,000 Texas prisoners live in facilities that lack air conditioning. They have former state senator and Houston ...

Tocorón once had it all. This was not a Las Vegas-style resort, but it felt like it for some of the thousands who until ...

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 ...

Thirty years ago, music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was killed by her fan club’s president, Yolanda Saldívar. For the ...

Internal investigation reveals Texas prison employees falsified temperature logs to conceal dangerous conditions for inmates and staff.

A female prison guard has been suspended for allegedly having an “inappropriate relationship” with an inmate at a scandal-plagued UK jail. Katerina Tatus was recently “marched to the gates ...