The arena was demolished in 2012. Starting in 2022, the library and The Texas Prison Museum established a partnership to digitize the museum's collection of Texas Prison Rodeo souvenir programs.

For decades, the Texas prison system’s guiding philosophy has shifted back ... The Hearst Foundations has awarded the Seattle Art Museum with a grant.

After spending decades as a Texas prison inmate, Arnulfo Ayala flinched last month when a captain at the newly reopened Bartlett Unit extended an arm to shake the confessed killer’s hand.