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 ...

About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

Lawyers for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice say the state's prisons have made strides in getting more 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, ...

Former inmates share firsthand accounts of dangerous summer heat behind bars as a federal trial challenges conditions inside ...

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

A Wichita Falls woman who hid synthetic drugs in Bibles and legal mail bound for Texas inmates has been sentenced to six ...

Lawyers have tried to force the state of Texas to provide air-conditioning in its prisons for years. Now, they say this case ...

The investigation revealed a smuggling pipeline that relied on drones and outside accomplices to bypass prison security ...

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