A Texas prison program uses Islamic mentorship to reduce recidivism.

Inside Texas prisons, Muslim inmates are leading a rehabilitation program built around faith, accountability and emotional survival. The MERIT program is training facilitators to mentor others across ...

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 ...

Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio’s newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. In Texas, a long-forgotten series of prison albums ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - A 14-week restorative justice program operating inside Texas prisons reports that 89% of graduates do not reoffend within three years, Bridges to Life representative Christine ...

As the Texas Department of Criminal Justice prepares to institute a ban on the kinds of books that can be mailed to inmates in its custody, nonprofits that work to provide inmates with books face a ...

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