Correctional staff discovered a cell phone hidden under a dayroom table in the unit on the evening of April 2, 2025.

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

Seven corrections officers at the Barry B. Telford federal correctional facility in New Boston were arrested Wednesday in an ...

GATESVILLE, Texas (KWTX) - The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is welcoming people inside the correctional facilities in Gatesville through its new Citizens’ Academy Program. “It’s ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Construction is underway on air conditioning projects in five additional facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, intended to cool more inmates and ...

On Wednesday, April 9, 2025, law enforcement officers served seven felony arrest warrants related to an alleged conspiracy ...

About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

The court will likely require the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to fully air-condition its more than 100 facilities after a trial, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman warns in a 91-page ruling.

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 ...