Texas is adding 5,600 prison beds as inmate population grows

Two major projects are part of a broader plan to add 5,600 beds.

Two TDCJ guards accused of sexually abusing women prisoners at Galveston hospital, agency says

Two men were arrested Thursday and accused of abusing two female inmates who were being cared for at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's hospital in Galveston.
Houston Public Media

Many Texas prisons are regularly topping 90 degrees. The state is about to defend itself in court

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 ...
KSAT

TDCJ official confirms in trial testimony that it could cost $1.5 billion to fully cool Texas prisons

To cool the state’s entire prison system, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has said it would cost more than $1 billion. But so far, TDCJ has not asked the Legislature for the full funding, ...

Texas Prison Bus Overturns Near Waco: Six Injured, No Escapes

A Texas Department of Criminal Justice bus carrying inmates overturned in a crash on State Highway 164 on Wednesday morning.
NewsWest 9

Federal trial over lack of air conditioning in state prisons begins in Austin

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal trial over air conditioning in Texas prisons began in Austin on Monday. An issue is whether or not having air conditioning for inmates who are housed in Texas prisons during ...