Texas prisons were so short-staffed in 2023, the state had to shuttle correctional officers to far-flung facilities where ...

A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% ...

Texas prisons were so short staffed in 2023 the state spent more than $111,000 on rental cars for correctional officers to ...

Several federal inmates from Texas are among 37 people on death row who had their sentences commuted by President Joe Biden Monday morning. Why did Biden commute the sentences of 37 federal inmates?

She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor in ... years after murdering five women in Florida, a former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death.

But while her legal team pushes for her release, sources within the Texas prison system revealed to ... wants a piece of her,” Lopez said. “The guards keep her away from everyone else, because ...

Too few guards “just affects everything,” she said. “It’s terrible for the staff who show up, as well as for the inmates.” There are indications Texas prisons are becoming more perilous ...