Lawmakers are pursuing legislative changes that would keep more people locked up in overcrowded county jails while awaiting ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...

Officials from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, which oversees the state’s 101 prison facilities, asked lawmakers ...

A years-long fight over the temperature inside Texas prisons has entered a new phase. In a landmark ruling issued on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman ruled that keeping inmates in ...

“The biggest takeaway that ... GATESVILLE, Texas (KWTX) - The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is welcoming people inside the correctional facilities in Gatesville through its new Citizens ...

Collier has said the department's goal is to have all prisons climate-controlled. Collier in July pinned the blame for continued overheating in facilities on Texas lawmakers, saying the ...

A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional.” ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Garza County Commissioners ... As we’ve reported, for years, the county has leased the correctional facility out to various operators and it has served as the county’s largest ...

Geo Group is one of the world’s largest private, for-profit prison companies with 11 facilities across Texas. Most of the facilities at issue are U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

“Texas is the largest prison system in the country and the ... “TDCJ is dedicated to continuing to add air-conditioned beds in our facilities,” the agency said. Smartphones and laptops ...