AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...

At least 23 individuals died from heat-related causes ... founder of Texas Prison Community Advocates, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuits. “People don’t live when you cook them.” ...

Texas officials acknowledged that heat may have been a factor ... without working air conditioning. In Georgia, prison officials face a federal lawsuit from the family of a man who said he died ...

A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons ... to emails seeking comment. Texas is not alone in facing lawsuits over dangerously hot prisons. Cases also have been filed ...