Since 2005, 0 people have died in the custody of Texas law enforcement, based on state-mandated reports.

What We're Reading

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  TDCJ adds 'cool beds' to five facilities

  Published on April 17, 2024

  The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced it is building "cool beds" in five state-run facilities. The Texas Legislature approved giving the agency $85 million to install air conditioning during the last legislative session.

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  Solitary Confinement in Texas: A Crisis with No End

  Published on December 9, 2023

  The Texas Civil Rights Project reviewed records including data from TJI in its report that examines solitary confinement practices in two Texas prisons. TCRP found "alarming injustices" and urges the U.S. Department of Justice to look into how the two units utilize restrictive housing practices.

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  Texas prison deaths undercounted

  Published on November 2, 2023

  On The Source, host David Martin Davies interviews Jay D. Aronson about his latest book, "Death in Custody." Aronson and his coauthor, Roger A. Mitchell Jr., propose a new, simple way to reliably track custodial deaths.

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  Uncounted: Harris County Jail didn’t report inmate deaths. Did state law require it?

  Published on October 24, 2023

  In the latest in a series on the Harris County jail, Houston Landing's Alex Stuckey reports on what happens when jails release people from custody who then die, and why those deaths go unreported to the state of Texas.