A Texarkana federal inmate pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine on Tuesday and was sentenced to 100 ...

A federal inmate has been sentenced to additional time in prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Abe ...

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

About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...

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 ...

A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is "plainly ... deaths from multiple causes in 2023 and that prison staff and inmates sometimes fall ill from high temperatures.

“This is a federal judge saying Texas is unconstitutionally ... respond to a request for comment. About 85,000 Texas prison inmates reside in facilities that do not have air conditioning in ...