More than 80,000 Texas prisoners live in facilities that lack air conditioning. They have former state senator and Houston ...

A federal judge’s finding that extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional could lead to the state being ordered to ...

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 ...

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 ...

A North Texas Lawmaker asked Gov. Greg Abbott to look into sending undocumented migrants incarcerated in the state to a massive prison in El Salvador, similar to the Trump administration’s decision to ...

Texan authorities have been criticized over extreme heat in their prison system, where temperatures can routinely rise above ...

TEXAS, TX - Two-thirds of Texas state run jails and prisons (roughly 100) are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing ...

The investigation is tied to a federal lawsuit filed by Bernie Tiede, a Texas man spending life in prison who has reported ...

Two-thirds of the state’s roughly 100 jails and prisons in Texas are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing areas.