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

A judge sentenced a Wichita Falls woman to six years in prison for mailing drugs into Texas Department of Criminal Justice ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Polunsky Unit in Livingston. (Mark Felix for the Texas Tribune) To cool the state’s ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — A substance abuse counselor at a Texas prison facility in Beaumont was arrested Monday after admitting to accepting $1,000 to smuggle papers into the institution. Additional ...

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune's daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The trial over insufficient air ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal trial over air conditioning in Texas prisons began in Austin on Monday. An issue is whether or not having air conditioning for inmates who are housed in Texas prisons during ...

To cool the state’s entire prison system, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has said it would cost more than $1 billion. But so far, TDCJ has not asked the Legislature for the full funding, ...