Prison System

Rises in assaults, deaths, and suicides plague the state's 242 jails as the state saw a 9% rise in population numbers. Mentally ill inmates seen by regulators as in 'dire' situation.

When Calvin Duncan was 19 years old, he was arrested for a murder he didn't commit. Now, he's helping to tell the stories of other men who have found themselves behind bars for life.

From Texas Standard: Stephanie Garcia is a high school student. She’s also a 24-year-old inmate at the Lockhart Correctional Facility, a minimum...

In stark contrast to former Gov. Rick Perry, the current Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has told U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch that the state would comply…

RICHMOND, Texas — Four-year-old William Cole saw his father’s face and reached out to touch it during a jail visit. But he could only feel a video…

NEW YORK — John Legend has launched a campaign to end mass incarceration.The Grammy-winning singer announced the multiyear initiative, FREE AMERICA, on…

The first steps of freedom from the prison in Huntsville, Texas, lead to the nearby Greyhound bus station.

CORPUS CHRISTI — A prosecutor on Wednesday dismissed the capital murder case against a South Texas woman after an appeals court in the fall overturned her…

HOUSTON — A grand jury has indicted two Harris County sergeants who are accused of leaving a mentally ill inmate unattended in his cell for weeks.The…

A riot at a private immigration prison in Willacy County, Texas, forced officials to close the facility and relocate 2,800 inmates. But it also left the county with a $2.3 million budget shortfall.