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The U.S. Justice Department lawsuit alleges that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice unfairly terminated an employee over her adherence to an African religion that is also practiced in the United States.

Advocacy groups say physical mail is an important part of contact between those behind bars and the outside world.

Prison researchers were shocked to learn that women were issued a thick white gown instead of the two-piece uniform that men are issued. Now, inmates said they are receiving those two-piece uniforms too.

The lawsuit filed Thursday wants to end the practice of automatically holding death row inmates in solitary confinement.

Hundreds of prisoners may participate in the protest beginning Tuesday, the first day of the state鈥檚 legislative session. Texas often keeps prisoners in solitary confinement for years or decades.

Texas heat has killed prisoners and cost the state millions in wrongful death and civil rights lawsuits. Prison rights advocates hope a budget surplus next year will finally push lawmakers to invest in air conditioning.

Texas phased out the use of solitary confinement as punishment for prisoners this month, but it still plans to keep thousands alone in cells. Texas...

Five stories that have North Texas talking: State prisons are swelling with older, illness-prone inmates; The Pope will be visible from the El Paso border鈥�