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

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

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

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

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said seven people, including two former correctional officers, were arrested after using drones to smuggle drugs and cell phones into an East Texas prison.

A Wichita Falls woman has been sentenced to six years in prison after admitting to smuggling K2 into Texas prisons.

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 ...

For 175 years, the oldest prison in Texas was led by men. Now, for the first time, a woman is in charge.

A Texas woman was sentenced to six years years in prison for mailing K2-laced bibles to inmates.Henna Havila Martinez pleaded ...

As Texas moves to install air conditioning in all of its prisons by 2033, a federal judge who raised constitutional concerns about triple-digit temperatures pummeling inmates will decide whether to ...