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 ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — At the Jim Ferguson Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, inmates are learning valuable skills in ranching, livestock care, and agricultural management. The program ...

which gives inmates the chance to shorten their sentences by having a job while they're inside. Looking to this prison for inspiration might seem a curious choice to many, given Texas executes ...

which gives inmates the chance to shorten their sentences by having a job while they're inside. Looking to this prison for inspiration might seem a curious choice to many, given Texas executes ...

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

Randy Halprin, one of the 'Texas 7' death row inmates convicted of killing an Irving police officer after escaping from ...

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 ...

(From left) Defense attorney Phillip Hayes sits with Texas Seven member Randy Halprin ... the execution of the man who masterminded the prison break, which may disqualify him from the case.