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

About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

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 ...

More: Witnesses testify in first day of Texas prison heat lawsuit: 'I was in survivor mode' The state disputes both allegations, with Collier saying he shares the goal of installing air ...

Although Texas has not reported a single heat-related death in more than a decade, the Lone Star State has faced its fair share of lawsuits due to high temperatures inside its prisons. Last year ...

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 ...

Judge Says Heat in Texas Prisons Unconstitutional as States Face Mounting Lawsuits AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge's rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning ...