Prisons

The Health Penalty

At a North Texas prison, one nurse practitioner racked up more than 20 federal lawsuits over alleged medical mistreatment. The patients’ stories illuminate a healthcare system that often seems like another form of punishment.

by Michelle Pitcher

Keep Reading

The Walls Prison Break–50 Years Later

by Joseph Tovares

Waiting Out the Storm in Prison

by Michelle Pitcher

Texas Recruits High School Kids To Be Corrections Officers

by Anya Slepyan

A wind turbine above fields in the flat North Texas landscape. The Taproot and the Climate and Community Project’s report for Texs recommends increasing offshore wind farming, canceling all existing utility debt, and creating community utility boards that establish public control over energy generation.

Community-Based Climate Justice on the Gulf Coast

From Appalachia to Texas and Louisiana, new environmental justice reports highlight how our struggles are connected.

by Lylla Younes, Grist

A stock photo of a GPS monitoring anklet, such as the kind used by people on probation or parole in Texas. It's worn on the ankle, above a brown hiking boot and looks a little like a smartwatch with a blank screen.

Life with Parole

Probation and parole systems remain understaffed and buggy in Texas.

by Michelle Pitcher

Ozell Brandley (a Black man) and his nieces, Cassie Brandley and Elizabeth Phillips, visit the grave of Clarence Brandley. Elizabeth Phillips is holding a blue t-shirt which reads, "Clarence Brandley Will be Free."

Clarence Brandley: Unjustly Convicted, Overdue for Justice

One of Texas’ most famous death row exonerees died before winning compensation under a law inspired by his own story.

by Arman Badrei

A tall prison wall with barbed wire at the top, lights at regular intervals and a guard tower.

Mapping the Legacy of Prison Hunger Strikes in Texas

"I'm willing to die for the cause, because I can't live."

by Michelle Pitcher

The facade of a shop in a row of shops, with a sign reading "bookshop" in clear block letters. Books and an Open sign are displayed in the window. Texas bookstores, and books about Texas, thrived in 2022.

Last Dance with Ann Richards: Best Texas Books of 2022

How Galvestonians used to dance until they dropped (for fun), a former figure skater turned journalist, and other Lone Star State stories.

by Lise Olsen

Heat Kills Hundreds In Texas Prisons

During the hottest part of the year, up to 13 percent of deaths at Texas prisons without air conditioning were due to extreme temperatures according to a new report.

by Alleen Brown