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

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 ...

Prison staff and inmates move through the Darrington Unit's main hallway on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. Credit: Jolie McCullough/The Texas Tribune ...

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