After 23 years in solitary confinement, Alvaro “Xinachtli” Hernandez’s health is failing him. So is the system.

The State of Texas has filed a lawsuit seeking to ban CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood from the state, alleging they are ...

As a part of a yearlong study, Texas county jails are collecting data about pregnant inmates’ prenatal care, mental health ...

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

One year into the second term of President Donald Trump, his administration’s focus on undocumented immigrants has ...

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

Officials said construction on the new jailhouse could start in September, but it won't be available for inmates until two years later.

A trustee's walk‑off from a county laundry facility raised fresh questions about oversight and inmate supervision.

"When they do their checks the officers are supposed to write the date, the time that the check was done...the officer failed to document that check," said JWC Sheriff Joseph "Guy" Baker.