Staff with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are doing more to help inmates reenter society after they've served their sentences. Stefanik nomination withdrawal catches some GOP lawmakers ...

An Albany woman has admitted mailing letters soaked with cannabis to inmates at correctional facilities. Maya McIntosh, 33, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court pm Tuesday to conspiracy charges ...

Thimmes sends inmates clippings of newspaper and magazine articles about prisons and new laws that would affect them. In the early '90s, Karen Thimmes' aunt would write her letters from Tennessee ...

Inmate Bernie Tiede, well known as the subject of the 2011 Richard Linklater movie "Bernie," filed the lawsuit against Collier and the TDCJ in August 2023 after suffering an acute medical crisis ...

Bonsall says the correspondence started "when I was on Family Ties." Bonall's mother Kathleen, who held the letter back from her son until he reached adulthood, recalled, "I just remember them ...

"TDCJ is fully committed to the safety of the inmate population and our staff, and that commitment is reflected in TDCJ’s ongoing efforts to install air conditioning, identify inmates who are ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nine Tennessee death row inmates are suing the state over its push for a new round of lethal ...

Decades have passed since any new prison reform in Florida. Now Florida Senate Bill 1786, Parole for Long-Term Prisoners, offers hope for aging prisoners who have been incarcerated for years. The ...