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 ...

The agency made the announcements on Wednesday as part of its effort to address what it called "decades of deferred maintenance and extreme staffing challenges." ...

About $43 million in planned construction is set to make room for hundreds of more people in Texas-behind bars. Texas leads the nation in prison population growth, CW33 reported in July 2025, and as ...

Texas plans to add 5,600 prison beds across 14 facilities after lawmakers approved more than $300 million to expand housing for an expected increase in the state's inmate population.

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This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about how the system works here and a firsthand account from a reporter who witnessed an execution here.

AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, June 25, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A new report from Texas 2036 finds that Texas is already seeing significant expansion in higher ...

Karmelo Anthony was transferred to a Texas prison to begin his 35-year sentence for the murder of Austin Metcalf. He was transferred to the Wallace Pack Unit, near Houston, Texas, on Wednesday morning ...

Texas prisons without air conditioning get so hot in summer that temperatures there would routinely violate state standards for other types of lockups, like county jails, according to a new ...