The five bills that would require complete air conditioning in state prisons haven’t had a hearing yet, and the money set for ...

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 ...

Karistha Johnson, 38, of Tyler, pleaded guilty to making false and fraudulent statements on a tax return. She was then ...

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

Our goal is to raise $5,500 by April 27, and we’re counting on you, our dedicated readers, to help us get there. The funds we ...

Texas Prison Community Advocates (TPCA) are raising awareness over prison conditions in Texas and making a big plea as the ...

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – A week after a federal judge declared hot conditions in Texas prisons unconstitutional, a legislative push to require air conditioning in every state prison has not gained ...

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – Housing Texas prison inmates in sweltering facilities that lack air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional,” U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman said Wednesday in a ...

Two U.S. citizens from El Paso were rescued after being abducted by kidnappers outside a restaurant in Juárez, Mexico.

James Stanley Weems Jr, a retired police officer in Baltimore, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday, April 14, for ...

Three decades after the murder of Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez shocked the nation, the woman who fired the gun will remain in a Texas prison. Yolanda Saldívar, now 64 ...