An Austin federal judge has declared extreme heat in Texas prisons “plainly unconstitutional." The bill faces an uphill battle in the Senate.

SAN ANTONIO - A jury has sentenced a convicted gunman to 99 years in prison.John Chatmon was sentenced to 99 years in prison ...

A spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice told CNN Saturday he would neither verify nor deny the authenticity of a memo detailing events surrounding the December 13 escape of seven ...

The bill would require the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to install air conditioning at each of its facilities by the ...

Julio Ricardo Trujillo, the man accused of having an improper relationship between a teacher and student, was arraigned ...

The 89-43 vote comes less than two months after an Austin federal judge declared extreme heat in Texas prisons “plainly ...

A Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) inmate called in a bomb threat to the Hillsboro Elementary School, according to ...

The Texas House gave preliminary approval Thursday to a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning by the end of 2032.

Authorities say the threat was made by an inmate at the TDCJ facility in Tennessee Colony and that the incident is an isolated one.

According to this KWTX article, the alleged originator of the phone call threatening a bomb was placed by a 31 year old ...

Police say a warrant will be sought for the 31-year-old inmate, who was not identified and remains in TDCJ custody.