Telford prison in New Boston on March 21, 2017. (Shelby Knowles For The Texas Tribune, Shelby Knowles For The Texas Tribune) Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps ...

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 ...

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 ...

Another Texas summer is here, and once again, tens of thousands of people incarcerated in Texas prisons are sweltering, and some are dying, because they’re denied the necessity of air conditioning.

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 ...

High-security inmates at 19 prisons went on a weekslong lockdown last month after two prisoners were killed at the East Texas lockup that houses death row. Just outside of Livingston, the Polunsky ...

This article originally appeared on Stateline. Summer heat is bearing down on U.S. prisons, where temperatures in uncooled cells can climb well into the triple digits. Facing growing pressure from ...

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While prison disciplinary policies do not cite periods directly, the PPI report identified at least six types of prison policies used to punish menstruating people: These include rules concerning ...