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

A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional.” ...

In 2018, Texas settled a lawsuit by agreeing to install air conditioning in a geriatric prison outside College Station.

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 one the country’s ...

Lawmakers are pursuing legislative changes that would keep more people locked up in overcrowded county jails while awaiting ...

Hector Perdomo shot and killed Uriel Aragon on Nov. 13 in the parking lot of the El Patron Mexican Restaurant and Bar, State ...

Seventy percent of Texas prisons in Texas still don’t have air ... heat and not be able to cool down even when the temperatures outside drop,” Julie Skarha, one of the study’s authors ...

“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 ...