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Albert Einstein once said, "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking that we used when we created them." As someone incarcerated in a Texas prison, I thought of that when I heard about the ...

Five staff members from the George Beto Unit state prison near Tennessee Colony have been relieved of duty after a recent ...

Until federal immigration agents declared the Rev. James Eliud Ngahu Mwangi a deportable alien, the Kenyan native was working as a Texas prison guard, with his employment authorization vetted by the ...

After being sentenced to more than 10 years in state prison, Kristina Chambers will join the small population of incarcerated expectant mothers. For pregnant women spending time in prison, the Texas ...

Alexis Woods is facing the same crisis as other prisoners across Texas in this summer’s historic heat. With temperatures soaring to 120 and even 130 degrees in her cell at the Dr. Lane Murray Unit ...

Texas has scheduled four executions in 2026 for inmates on death row. The cases involve multiple murders, including crimes ...

Three people were injured in a possible shootout in Southwest Houston. Read full article: Prepare for Temperature Drop in Houston Area A man was in custody after police said he was driving drunk and ...

Until federal immigration agents declared the Rev. James Eliud Ngahu Mwangi a deportable alien, the Kenyan native was working as a Texas prison guard, with his employment authorization vetted by the ...