A federal judge criticized Texas for keeping prisoners in hot prisons without air conditioning but did not order an immediate ...

A federal judge’s finding that extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional could lead to the state being ordered to ...

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

A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional,” but declined to order the ...

we’re literally cooking them,” said Amite Dominick, founder of Texas Prison Community Advocates, one of the plaintiffs in the ...

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.” ...

Many Texas prisons do not have air conditioning, and now a judge is siding with prisoners who say those conditions are ...

Lawsuits about heat in state prisons have also been filed in other southern states including Louisiana and Georgia. If Texas is ultimately required to air condition its prisons, the state agency ...

A years-long fight over the temperature inside Texas prisons has entered a new phase. In a landmark ruling issued on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman ruled that keeping inmates in ...