A former Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) correctional officer pleaded guilty to bribery on Tuesday after she ...

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

Lawyers have tried to force the state of Texas to provide air-conditioning in its prisons for years. Now, they say this case may be their best shot to force lasting change.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said seven people, including two former correctional officers, were arrested after using drones to smuggle drugs and cell phones into an East Texas prison.

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 ...

Jo'Brian Liendo, a 19-year-old correctional officer at the Smith Unit in Lamesa, was arrested in Lubbock for Unlawful ...

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

Authorities with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said a woman was sentenced to six years in prison for smuggling in ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has said it would cost more than $1 billion to cool the state’s entire prison system ...

A Wichita Falls woman has been sentenced to six years in prison after admitting to smuggling K2 into Texas prisons.

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