Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For 175 years, the oldest prison in Texas was led by men. Now, for the first time, a woman is in charge. The Huntsville Unit, ...

In Texas, a long-forgotten series of prison albums offers a rare way to hear what incarceration sounded like decades ago. The albums were recorded by incarcerated musicians inside Texas prisons and ...

Roy Oliver, the former Balch Springs police officer convicted last month of murder in the killing of an unarmed 15-year-old, has arrived at a state prison to begin his sentence. Oliver was moved from ...

The Huntsville Unit, the state’s oldest prison in Texas dating to 1849, is shown here on Oct. 10, 2017. The state of Texas is defending its prison system against a lawsuit that says the lack of air ...

Texas prisons now restrict donated books over drug smuggling concerns, prompting warnings from advocates about reduced inmate ...