Having an Afro or dreadlocks can mean solitary confinement. Meanwhile, going with mandated hairstyles may be life-threatening ...

A little known detention facility in West Central Texas leapt into sharp national focus over the weekend as controversy ...

Zambrano-Chirinos, 24, was part of the Tren de Aragua, or TdA, a transnational criminal organization that originated in a ...

Some immigrant detention centers across the country are over capacity. The administration has asked for emergency contracts ...

A federal judge on Wednesday handed out years-long prison sentences to two Texas men ... prosecutors alleged. One of the women they restrained was seven months pregnant, and the children were ...

The Texas House Committee on Corrections has approved House Bill 3006, which requires prisons to have air conditioning installed by the end of 2032, providing $100 million over two phases.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California lawmakers are pushing to create more oversight at women's prisons, which face thousands of sexual misconduct and assault complaints. A new budget proposal would add ...

The Texas Senate is set to weigh a bill that would bar trans individuals from using bathrooms that align with their gender ...

Thanks to a $3,500 grant from the Greggton Rotary Club, the nonprofit has a resource room serving clients running from their abusers.