For 175 years, the oldest prison in Texas was led by men. Now, for the first time, a woman is in charge.

In Texas, a long-forgotten series of prison albums offers a rare way to hear what incarceration sounded like decades ago.

A Texas correctional officer accused of taking money to introduce meth into a prison unit has rejected taking a plea deal.

A faith-based restorative justice program operating inside Texas prisons boasts an 89% success rate in keeping graduates from ...

Prisoners at Ellis Unit in Huntsville, Texas, in March of 1966. Ellis is built on land from a former slave plantation. Credit: Photo by Bruce Jackson On a 90-degree June day at Memorial Unit in ...

Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery Also known as TDJC Execution, Huntsville Prison Cemetery, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, USA Image by Find A Graveweb (1) The Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Huntsville, the ...

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 ...

A newly-released search warrant reveals an alleged organized crime ring operating from inside a Texas prison, involving ...

TEXAS, USA — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) will tighten restrictions on books mailed to inmates as part of a broader effort to curb illegal narcotics entering state prisons.

This essay is a preview of Redemption Songs, an upcoming limited-run Marshall Project newsletter that dives into the music produced in prisons over the last century. Sign up now to get a song by ...