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

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 ...

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 ...

FILE – An inmate works outdoors during the hot summer outside a Texas prison unit in Huntsville ... On Thursday, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said it has asked lawmakers for $ ...

An Austin federal judge ruled Wednesday evening that sweltering heat in Texas prison cells ... The TDCJ has put that funding toward installing more air conditioning units. Collier has said the ...

Studies show that temperatures reaching 140 degrees in the antiquated red-brick Texas prisons ... to continue TDCJ’s ongoing installation of air conditioning in more units and housing areas ...

Housing Texas prison ... to continue TDCJ’s ongoing installation of air conditioning in more units and housing areas throughout the TDCJ system.” About 85,000 Texas prison inmates reside ...

Texas has more than 130,000 people in prisons. Only about a third of roughly 100 prison units are fully ... On Thursday, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said it has asked lawmakers ...