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A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don't have air conditioning is "plainly unconstitutional." ...

More than 80,000 Texas prisoners live in facilities that lack air conditioning. They have former state senator and Houston ...

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – A week after a federal judge declared hot conditions in Texas prisons unconstitutional, a legislative ...

The judge ruled Texas prison cell temperatures, which regularly exceed 90 and 100 degrees, likely violate rights against ...

Texan authorities have been criticized over extreme heat in their prison system, where temperatures can routinely rise above ...

Lawmakers are pursuing legislative changes that would keep more people locked up in overcrowded county jails while awaiting ...

A federal judge found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional” but did not order the state to begin ...

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – Housing Texas prison inmates in sweltering facilities that lack air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional,” U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman said Wednesday in a ...

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – A week after a federal judge declared hot conditions in Texas prisons unconstitutional, a legislative push to require air conditioning in every state prison has not gained ...