Sabrina Underwood faces a mandatory 12‑year sentence after authorities in Panama discovered a loaded gun in her checked bag, a case her father says was a tragic mistake.

A new comprehensive analysis of state data shows Texas prisons get so hot in summer that temperatures there would routinely ...

DALLAS — The last time Karley Alejo spent Christmas with her dad was when she was 3 years old. Now 16, Alejo walked into the gym at the Sanders Estes Unit, trying to make eye contact with her father, ...

Texas sets temperature standards for county jails and even animal shelters. But state prisons have no enforceable heat limits ...

Imprisoned people are forced to drink and bathe with water they describe as over-chlorinated, slimy, and foul-smelling.