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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 ...
A Texarkana federal inmate pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine on Tuesday and was sentenced to 100 ...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...
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 ...
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 ...
Prison staff and inmates move through the Darrington ... but none of the bills have received a hearing yet. “This is a federal judge saying Texas is unconstitutionally housing people in these ...
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.