Big changes are coming to Texas prisons. Starting April 1, only new softcover books will be allowed as the TDCJ fights to ...

Texas prisons will allow only new softcover books as part of a contraband crackdown.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says starting April 1, hardback books and used books will no longer be allowed, ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice will no longer allow books with hard covers in an effort to prevent drugs from ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) announced on Friday it will be implementing new measures to combat illegal ...

The Huntsville Unit, the state’s oldest prison in Texas dating to 1849, is shown here on Oct. 10, 2017. The state of Texas is defending its prison system against a lawsuit that says the lack of air ...

Albert Einstein once said, "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking that we used when we created them." As someone incarcerated in a Texas prison, I thought of that when I heard about the ...

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Prison suicides in the state have nearly doubled over the last four years Credit: art by Zeke Barbaro / Getty Images Jennifer Rodriguez estimates that her daughter, Brooklyn Hogrell, spent 85% of her ...

Texas prisons are bracing for an incoming winter storm as the state's correctional system works to keep inmates safe and facilities operational during what could be severe weather, according to a ...

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Texas prisons without air conditioning get so hot in summer that temperatures there would routinely violate state standards for other types of lockups, like county jails, according to a new ...