Texas lawmakers push over 100 bills to increase criminal penalties, potentially leading to overcrowding of state's jails and prisons.

Nevada prosecutors say 20 people in all have been charged in connection with a brawl at a maximum-security prison in Nevada ...

Officials at an Anderson County prison say water service has been fixed after families of inmates raised concerns.

A federal appeals court tossed Brittany Holberg's death sentence after it found that prosecutors failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant.

Officials at an Anderson County prison say water service has been fixed after families of inmates raised concerns.

Editor’s Note: The Texas Observer sought TDCJ responses to ... Last year, I saw a transition start to take place inside the prison where I had been incarcerated. Chemical agents were being ...

Brittany Marlowe Holberg was convicted in 1998 of robbing and murdering an 80-year-old man in his Amarillo home. The appeals ...

Families of inmates at an Anderson County prison are raising concerns after the facility began experiencing water issues.

Brian Price, the Death Row chef at Texas Huntsville Prison who has prepared final meals for those on Death Row revealed the ...

The crown jewel of El Salvador’s aggressive anti-crime strategy is a mega-prison where visitation, recreation and education are not allowed.

Inmates are monitored at a security station ... the state’s already overwrought prisons and jails, experts said. Texas’ prison population is projected to increase by about 10% over the next ...