Separated from the general prison population, Texas death row inmates spend at least 22 hours a day alone in their cells.

The busiest death chamber in the country is located inside the maximum-security prison in Huntsville, Texas, known as the ...

Inmates from left, Richard Hernandez, Arnulfo Ayala, and William Baucum in the Bartlett Innovation Unit in Bartlett, Texas on Nov. 21, 2024. Credit: Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribune Two thirds of ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is at a critical point, according to the latest state review of the agency. The Sunset Advisory Commission’s staff review of TDCJ ...

GRIMES COUNTY, Texas – Gerald Goines, the former Houston Police Department narcotics officer convicted and sentenced to 60 years for his involvement in the 2019 Harding Street raid that led to the ...

Two former corrections at the at Clements Unit in Amarillo are being held in protective custody at the Potter County Jail.Crystal West andLt. William Romero we ...

Two corrections at the Clements Unit were arrested in connection with the death of an inmate.Crystal West is charged with manslaughter. Lt. William Romero is ch ...

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

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Inmates from left, Richard Hernandez, Arnulfo Ayala, and William Baucum in the Bartlett Innovation Unit in Bartlett, Texas on Nov. 21, 2024. Credit: Lorianne Willett ...