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

Texas Prison Community Advocates (TPCA) are raising awareness over prison conditions in Texas and making a big plea as the summer weather begins to arrive. “I can’t keep my dog in these conditions,” ...

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

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

A judge has recently ruled in the ongoing litigation regarding oppressive heat conditions in Texas prisons. United States District Judge Robert Pitman called the lack of air conditioning in inmate ...

"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 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 ...

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 ...

Two-thirds of the state’s roughly 100 jails and prisons in Texas are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing areas.