The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said hardback books are increasingly being used to smuggle in drugs. Nonprofits ...

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 ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says starting April 1, hardback books and used books will no longer be allowed, ...

Last year, the Texas prison system unwittingly started a controlled experiment. Agency leaders have long blamed prisoners’ friends and families for a constant flow of drugs they say are often smuggled ...

Texas prisons will allow only new softcover books as part of a contraband crackdown.

Texas prisons without air conditioning get so hot in summer that temperatures there would routinely violate state standards for other types of lockups, like county jails, according to a new ...