The judge ruled Texas prison cell temperatures, which regularly exceed 90 and 100 degrees, likely violate rights against ...

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

Former Nueces County District Attorney Carlos Valdez, who prosecuted the case, believes granting Yolanda Saldívar parole ...

A parole officer suspected of sex trafficking was charged Tuesday in Abilene, according to online jail records. Symone ...

Throughout the years, Yolanda Saldívar has maintained that the shooting was an accident and has repeatedly challenged her ...

During the prisons-building boom three decades ago, lawmakers allowed private, for-profit corporations to compete for prisons ...

The investigation is tied to a federal lawsuit filed by Bernie Tiede, a Texas man spending life in prison who has reported ...

El Paso District Attorney James Montoya said the decision to no longer seek the death penalty for confessed Walmart shooter ...

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

A Tom Green County grand jury handed down indictments against a Texas Department of Criminal Justice parole officer.

Officials with TDCJ confirmed Miller's employment and stated she is "suspended pending the results of charges." ...

A federal judge ruled that extreme heat in Texas prisons is "plainly unconstitutional" – but fell short of requiring the state to install air conditioning.