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

But whether or not taxpayers want to pay for air conditioning in state prisons, they're already footing a costly bill.

Legislation to mandate Texas sheriffs participate in immigration law enforcement is moving closer to a vote at the Texas ...

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 ...

Tense Testimony – Questions to an insurance CEO turned tense at a hearing of the Texas House DOGE committee. The chairman ...

US District Judge Robert Pitman on Wednesday held Wednesday that the extreme heat in Texas prisons is 'plainly unconstitutional' while denying a temporary injunction request to install air ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge's rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ordering a fix before summer in what has become of the country's biggest ...

That is what is happening in Texas prisons. Only one-third of the 100 prisons in Texas have air conditioning. According to ...

Texas is just one of several states, mostly in the South, facing lawsuits over prison conditions when temperatures often rise ...

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 ...