Texas prisons

A Texas prison was found to be holding men in spaces without bathrooms, bed and sink for days, but it doesn’t violate state policy because there isn’t one, says the state prison ombudsman.

In some prisons temperatures can reach triple-digit temperatures in the summer. A North Texas lawmaker is pushing for a law requiring temperatures to remain between 65 and 85 degrees.

After a weeks long hunger strike in Texas prisons, TPR spoke with participants to find out what comes next.

The number of men refusing food fell to zero on Tuesday for the first time in seven weeks.

Despite a near 10% rise in jail populations — bringing with it a rise in suicides, assaults and deaths — the governor looks to jail more for longer. Reform advocates call it political.

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.

GOP leaders say stricter policies are needed to curb rising crime rates.

Men at Gib Lewis Unit in East Texas are at times put in holding cells for days

Men in Texas prisons are now entering the fourth week of a hunger strike in Texas prisons. It’s part of a larger effort to reform the harsh conditions of solitary confinement.

Three paces one direction and then three paces back, prisoners describe their lives in Texas prisons and why they want changes.