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

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

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

About 85,000 Texas prison inmates reside in facilities that do not have air conditioning in most living areas. During the ...

TEXAS, TX - Two-thirds of Texas state run jails and prisons (roughly 100) are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing ...

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 ...

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

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 that have been ...

Employees from at least one Texas prison falsified temperature logs that help the agency decide when the conditions inside ...

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 ...