“It sends an incredibly powerful message.” FILE – An inmate works outdoors during the hot summer outside a Texas prison unit in Huntsville, Texas, on June 25, 2015. (Rose Baca/The Dallas ...

Since 2010, The Texas ... prison units and the tens of thousands of people housed inside them. The data was provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice monthly and included breakdowns by ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP ... about extreme heat in prisons for years and has not addressed the issue. In 2018, the state was ordered to install air conditioning at a unit for older prisoners and ...

A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas ... in prisons for years and has not addressed the issue. In 2018, the state was ordered to install air conditioning at a unit for ...