prisons

Multiple women have complained to the state and media about physical and sexual abuse suffered by a guard at the Lane Murray Unit in Gatesville. The state said it has no evidence of a crime or infraction.

The Texas Civil Rights Project is seeking class-action status for its suit alleging the state's prison system puts inmates in unconstitutionally long and unsanitary housing assignments for violating certain rules.

The family of Correctional Officer Jovian Motley plan to protest at the prison where he died because they said the state has not provided answers to what happened.

Jovian Motley worked a double shift that day. His mother said he should never have been in the cell where he died.

Inmate Elizabeth Wince had to crawl back to her cell after hurting herself and being denied medical care. Other prisoners at Topeka Correctional Facility told the Kansas News Service that prison staff insulted Wince instead of helping her.

The second of two Oklahoma men who pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime last year has been sentenced.

Advocacy groups say physical mail is an important part of contact between those behind bars and the outside world.

Prison researchers were shocked to learn that women in Texas Department of Criminal Justice's security detention — or solitary confinement — are issued a thick white gown instead of the two-piece uniform that men are issued. No official explanation was offered.

A Texas prison was found to be holding men in spaces without bathrooms, bed and sink for days, but it doesn’t violate state policy because there isn’t one, says the state prison ombudsman.

House Bill 1064 would give inmates earned time credit for good conduct.