A defense attorney for Texas Seven escapee Randy Halprin says ... who masterminded the December 2000 prison break. At the time of Rivas’ 2012 execution, Harris was first assistant under former ...

Two-thirds of the state’s roughly 100 jails and prisons in Texas are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing areas.

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

Here’s what to know about the Texas Seven, including their escape from a South Texas prison, subsequent crime spree and ...

This is not the first time Texas has been sued over the heat in its state prisons. A similar case covering just one unit resulted in the prison agency installing A/C there and making other quality ...

“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 ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — A Stiles Unit correctional officer has resigned after being accused of being in a relationship with an ...

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 ...

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 Morning News via AP, File) AUSTIN, Texas (AP ...

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – Housing Texas prison ... to install air conditioning in one notoriously hot prison called the Wallace Pack Unit, a geriatric prison. Sick or elderly prisoners were also ...

BEAUMONT, Texas ... prison, according to an internal investigation tied to a federal lawsuit. Court documents filed this week state that TDCJ investigators who focused on the Mark W. Stiles Unit ...