The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially back in the prisons.

“The health and safety of our staff and inmate population is our highest priority,” Haney said.

Officials at an Anderson County prison say water service has been fixed after families of inmates raised concerns.

After eight years in “the hole” at Texas’ Lane Murray Unit, Kwaneta Harris documents the “daily reality” of staff sexual ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has responded to a reported lack of water at the George Beto Unit state prison in ...

The Madison County Sheriff's Office was at commissioners court on March 11 to advocate for higher salaries to keep from losing even more employees.

The execution date for a death row inmate and Tom Green County native dubbed the “Desert Killer” who was convicted of ...

The men are housed in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston in single cells with a window, according to the TDCJ website. The women are housed at the O’Daniel Unit in Gatesville. Executions are ...

With a 2-1 decision, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals last week sent Brittany Marlowe Holberg's 1998 murder conviction ...