Kenyan priest's deportation highlights TDCJ's need for immigrant guards in Texas prisons

Criminal justice experts said TDCJ's need for immigrant labor, even in Texas, speaks to the agency's long-standing staffing ...
The Christian Post on MSNOpinion

Reformed convict asks why adult-themed books denied to Texas inmates are available in school libraries

House Bill 900, also known as the READER Act, was passed by the Texas Legislature in 2023 to regulate the library materials ...
The Austin Chronicle

Plantations to Prison Farms: How Far Have We Come?

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 ...
Houston Press

Writer's Block

Houston author Kathryn Casey thought there had to be a mistake when the Texas Department of Criminal Justice refused her request to interview inmate Celeste Johnson. Johnson and her lesbian lover, ...