/tags/tdcj TDCJ en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:00:00 GMT /crime-justice/2025-03-21/texas-prison-jail-investigation-heat-hot-false-falsified The investigation was triggered by a federal judge, who questioned the state’s recordkeeping. Inmates are suing the state, alleging the heat inside the state’s dozens of un-air conditioned prisons is dangerous. Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:00:00 GMT /crime-justice/2025-03-21/texas-prison-jail-investigation-heat-hot-false-falsified Lauren McGaughy /crime-justice/2024-08-03/texas-prison-heat-ac-federal-court-hearing The state of Texas is being sued over the lack of air conditioning in its prisons, where indoor temperatures can top 100 degrees in the summer. In federal court, inmates detailed the extreme measures they’ve taken to get out of the heat, like starting fires or inflicting self-harm. Sat, 03 Aug 2024 11:00:00 GMT /crime-justice/2024-08-03/texas-prison-heat-ac-federal-court-hearing Lauren McGaughy /texas/2016-10-05/man-who-killed-neighbors-set-for-first-texas-execution-in-months Six months after the Texas death chamber held its latest execution, Barney Ronald Fuller Jr. is set to die Wednesday for the 2003 shooting deaths of his� Wed, 05 Oct 2016 19:30:59 GMT /texas/2016-10-05/man-who-killed-neighbors-set-for-first-texas-execution-in-months Jolie McCullough | Texas Tribune /crime-justice/2014-06-18/texas-department-of-criminal-justice-sued-over-inhumane-prisoner-treatment Three groups filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and its executive director, Brad Livingston, alleging� Wed, 18 Jun 2014 21:09:52 GMT /crime-justice/2014-06-18/texas-department-of-criminal-justice-sued-over-inhumane-prisoner-treatment Joseph Baucum /crime-justice/2014-02-17/pregnant-inmates-find-help-to-stay-out-of-jail HOUSTON � At the “pregnancy tank� at the Harris County Jail, asking a female inmate “How much longer do you have?� can get a puzzled look in response. She� Mon, 17 Feb 2014 19:19:28 GMT /crime-justice/2014-02-17/pregnant-inmates-find-help-to-stay-out-of-jail Alana Rocha, Texas Tribune /texas/2014-01-07/solitary-confinement-study-approved-but-lacks-funding Last year, lawmakers approved and Gov.Rick Perry signed a bill that requires adetailed review of the use of solitary confinement in Texas prisons.Four� Tue, 07 Jan 2014 17:56:09 GMT /texas/2014-01-07/solitary-confinement-study-approved-but-lacks-funding Brandi Grissom, Texas Tribune /texas/2013-02-22/texas-executes-first-death-row-inmate-of-2013 The State of Texas executed 48 year-old Carl Blue Thursday night. He was put to death for killing his former girlfriend in 1994.Blue was convicted of� Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:27:07 GMT /texas/2013-02-22/texas-executes-first-death-row-inmate-of-2013 Laura Rice /texas/2012-09-25/report-fewer-ex-cons-returning-to-texas-prisons Fewer Texas ex-convicts are returning to prison, according to a report released today by the National Reentry Resource Center.The report tracked� Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:57:14 GMT /texas/2012-09-25/report-fewer-ex-cons-returning-to-texas-prisons Kelli Ainsworth /austin/2012-09-18/ex-offenders-invited-to-weigh-in-on-reentry-process A local coalition that helps people transition from life in prison to the outside is now looking for ex-offenders to serve on an advisory committee.The� Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:02:17 GMT /austin/2012-09-18/ex-offenders-invited-to-weigh-in-on-reentry-process Laura Rice /texas/2012-09-05/cell-phone-blockers-coming-to-two-texas-prisons Some Texas prisons will soon be equipped with technology that blocks most cell phone calls.Inmates are not supposed to have cell phones. But officials at� Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:42:54 GMT /texas/2012-09-05/cell-phone-blockers-coming-to-two-texas-prisons Laura Rice