After watching news reports of seemingly random immigration raids and hearing White House officials encourage undocumented ...

Texas lawmakers push over 100 bills to increase criminal penalties, potentially leading to overcrowding of state's jails and prisons.

The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially back in the prisons.

Commercial real estate professionals make ideal volunteer mentors for the Texas-based Prison Entrepreneurship Program, ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — More than 2,000 New York prison guards who were fired for illegally walking off the job were barred ...

After eight years in “the hole” at Texas’ Lane Murray Unit, Kwaneta Harris documents the “daily reality” of staff sexual ...

These days, when he’s on the streets, it’s often with voter registration forms in hand — part of a growing movement of people working to expand the political power of an often-ignored bloc of ...

Prisoners may be able to earn their freedom through ‘good behaviour credits’ under radical plans under consideration by the Government. The Justice Secretary, Sabana Mahmood, along with David ...

Robin Dion "Rocky" Myers, 63, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the 1991 capital murder of Ludie Mae ...

Prisoners in Texas can earn credits through working during the week and keeping a clean disciplinary record. Credits could earn earlier parole hearings via work, training and education under any ...

Inmates have to earn their freedom through good behaviour at penitentiary the Justice Secretary sees as a model for UK ...

"The Texans had a system similar to ours - on the point ... one of two super maximum security prisons in the state of Texas The Texas prison population is the highest of any state in the US ...