The Huntsville Unit, the state’s oldest prison in Texas dating to 1849, is shown here on Oct. 10, 2017. The state of Texas is defending its prison system against a lawsuit that says the lack of air ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For 175 years, the oldest prison in Texas was led by men. Now, for the first time, a woman is in charge. The Huntsville Unit, ...

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BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - A 14-week restorative justice program operating inside Texas prisons reports that 89% of graduates do not reoffend within three years, Bridges to Life representative Christine ...

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The crackdown could drive up costs for families or limit access to books while hardly denting the flow of drugs.

Texas prisons now restrict donated books over drug smuggling concerns, prompting warnings from advocates about reduced inmate ...

There were allegedly five heat-related deaths over the last two summers in Texas prisons, the plaintiff’s attorneys presented on the first day of the federal trial over insufficient air conditioning ...