Texas Prison Community Advocates (TPCA) are raising awareness over prison conditions in Texas and making a big plea as the ...

Our goal is to raise $5,500 by April 27, and we’re counting on you, our dedicated readers, to help us get there. The funds we ...

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

But U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman’s warnings to Texas to act after finding the conditions in the prison system ...

The five bills that would require complete air conditioning in state prisons haven’t had a hearing yet, and the money set for ...

"Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional, but doesn’t require air conditioning" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that ...

Judge Robert Pitman says inmates who sued the state could win their case but that the fix is not easy or cheap.

The background: About 85,000 Texas prison inmates reside in facilities that do not have air conditioning in most living areas. During the summer, high temperatures can create dangerous conditions ...

But U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman’s warnings to Texas to act after finding the conditions in the prison system unconstitutional could resonate elsewhere in the U.S. where similar challenges ...

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 ...