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We're retiring our public-facing prison inmates database
Since 2010, The Texas Tribune ... more than 100 prison units and the tens of thousands of people housed inside them. The data was provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice monthly ...
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No Exit: Death and Despair in Texas’s “Double-Cell” Solitary Units
Texas state prisons incarcerate more than 4,500 people in two-person cells the size of a parking space for nearly 24 hours a ...
The Texas Tribune4d
Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional, but doesn’t require air conditioning
About two-thirds of Texas ... TDCJ’s ongoing installation of air conditioning in more units and housing areas throughout the TDCJ system." The background: About 85,000 Texas prison inmates ...
Federal judge: Extreme heat in Texas prisons is likely unconstitutional punishment
The judge ruled Texas prison cell temperatures, which regularly exceed 90 and 100 degrees, likely violate rights against ...