An inmate serving prison time in a Texas state jail for burglary is facing additional charges after DNA linked the man to two ...

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

Years later, in 1931, the general manager of the prison system, Marshall Lee Simmons, dreamed up the idea of the prison rodeo ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KIAH) – A historic prison in Huntsville, Texas, caught fire early Friday morning, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of inmates. The Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, known ...

The Allan B. Polunsky Unit in Livingston opened its gates for a different kind of visit last week as it hosted its first-ever ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KLTV) - Prison leaders from Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi gathered in Austin on Monday for a discussion on faith in jails. The Texas Public Policy Foundation hosted the conversation.

Legendary movie director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, wanted to screen "Stand by Me" at a state prison in Brazoria ...

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 ...