More than 80,000 Texas prisoners live in facilities that lack air conditioning. They have former state senator and Houston ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN3d
Texas bills requiring air-conditioned prisons languish despite temperatures being ruled unconstitutionalThe 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 on MSN4d
Despite Texas defendant’s death in Louisiana prison, lawmakers unlikely to end reliance on out-of-state lockupsLawmakers are pursuing legislative changes that would keep more people locked up in overcrowded county jails while awaiting ...
A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don't have air conditioning is "plainly unconstitutional." ...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...
The judge ruled Texas prison cell temperatures, which regularly exceed 90 and 100 degrees, likely violate rights against ...
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Austin, Texas – A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional,” but ...
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Judge: High heat in Texas prisons unconstitutionalA federal judge found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional” but did not order the state to begin ...
Texan authorities have been criticized over extreme heat in their prison system, where temperatures can routinely rise above ...
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 ...
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