A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don't have air conditioning is "plainly unconstitutional." ...

The judge ruled Texas prison cell temperatures, which regularly exceed 90 and 100 degrees, likely violate rights against ...

A federal judge found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional,” but did not order the state to begin ...

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

A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional.” ...

A federal judge has ruled that the heat levels in Texas state prisons are "plainly unconstitutional," but has not ordered the ...

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

Judge Robert Pitman says inmates who sued the state could win their case but that the fix is not easy or cheap.

A federal judge found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional” but did not order the state to begin installing air conditioners. While U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman ...

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 group of men incarcerated at a state penitentiary this week again asked a federal judge to take steps to protect prisoners doing outdoor agricultural labor in dangerous heat. “Texas is the ...