About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat. Prison staff and inmates move through the Darrington Unit's main hallway on ...

A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is "plainly unconstitutional," but declined to order the state to immediately start installing air conditioning, which could ...

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THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – A week after a federal judge declared hot conditions in Texas prisons unconstitutional, a legislative push to require air conditioning in every state prison has not gained ...

Judge Says Extreme Heat in Texas Prisons Is Unconstitutional but Doesn't Order They Install AC AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is ...

An Austin federal judge ruled Wednesday evening that sweltering heat in Texas prison cells is likely violating inmates’ constitutional rights, but he declined to order the state's prison system ...

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – Housing Texas prison inmates in sweltering facilities that lack air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional,” U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman said Wednesday in a ...