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 ...

Lawyers for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice say the state's prisons have made strides in getting more air ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For 175 years, the oldest prison in Texas was led by men. Now, for the first time, a woman is in charge. The Huntsville Unit, ...

A Wichita Falls woman who hid synthetic drugs in Bibles and legal mail bound for Texas inmates has been sentenced to six ...

Former inmates share firsthand accounts of dangerous summer heat behind bars as a federal trial challenges conditions inside ...

Texas prisons now restrict donated books over drug smuggling concerns, prompting warnings from advocates about reduced inmate ...

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The trial over insufficient air ...

Prisoners at Ellis Unit in Huntsville, Texas, in March of 1966. Ellis is built on land from a former slave plantation. Credit: Photo by Bruce Jackson On a 90-degree June day at Memorial Unit in ...

The investigation revealed a smuggling pipeline that relied on drones and outside accomplices to bypass prison security ...

Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio’s newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. In Texas, a long-forgotten series of prison albums ...

The crackdown could drive up costs for families or limit access to books while hardly denting the flow of drugs.