Texas prisons

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.

The number of men refusing food fell to zero on Tuesday for the first time in seven weeks.

Despite a near 10% rise in jail populations — bringing with it a rise in suicides, assaults and deaths — the governor looks to jail more for longer. Reform advocates call it political.

An investigation showed that, in half of unnatural deaths in Houston area jails, the deceased had been flagged as potentially mentally ill.

Men at Gib Lewis Unit in East Texas are at times put in holding cells for days

After scheduling an interview with TPR, the state agency reversed itself and denied interview requests from TPR and others.

The lawsuit filed Thursday wants to end the practice of automatically holding death row inmates in solitary confinement.

Three paces one direction and then three paces back, prisoners describe their lives in Texas prisons and why they want changes.

Spurred by reports of inhumane conditions at Texas Juvenile Justice Department facilities, Austin-area teenagers are lobbying the Legislature to reform the system.