Extreme heat without air conditioning in Texas prisons is cruel and unusual punishment, judge rules
A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional.” ...
Alert: US judge rules extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutionally cruel but stops short of requiring air conditioning
US judge rules extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutionally cruel but stops short of requiring air conditioning.
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Q&A: Kwaneta Harris on Solitary Confinement, Prison Journalism, and Speaking Truth from Inside Texas Prisons
Injustice sat down with Kwaneta Harris, an incarcerated writer housed at the Lane Murray Unit, the largest women’s prison in ...
Texas man sentenced for sex with minor with whom he fathered two children
A federal judge didn’t buy a Texas man’s claim he was the lawful common-law partner of a 12-year-old girl with whom he ...
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Texas prison staff falsified temperatures records, investigation finds
Two-thirds of the state’s roughly 100 jails and prisons in Texas are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing areas.
Investigation finds Texas prison staff falsified records about temperatures
The investigation is tied to a federal lawsuit filed by Bernie Tiede, a Texas man spending life in prison who has reported ...
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Texas prison staff falsified records about temperatures behind bars, internal investigation finds
The investigation was triggered by a federal judge, who questioned the state’s recordkeeping. Inmates are suing the state, ...
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Texas court issues rare stay of execution for Death Row inmate who fought for DNA testing
The highest court in Texas on Tuesday issued a rare stay of ... told USA TODAY on Feb. 26 during an interview at a Texas state prison north of Houston. “How can I not be angry at the corruption ...
Lethal injection, firing squad and nitrogen gas. A look at US execution methods
Louisiana is preparing this week to execute a man by nitrogen gas, the first execution in the state in 15 years.
Houston man accused of killing Joel Osteen’s great-aunt spent 18 years in jail without a trial
A man accused of killing Joel Osteen's great-aunt waited almost two decades in the Harris County Jail without a trial.
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State Representative Trey Wharton on WTAW
State Representative Trey Wharton of Huntsville (R-TX) visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia about the corrections committee, ...
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Grondahl: Laura Vale’s winding road to a starring film role
whose sister was raped and murdered when both were youngsters in the small town of Huntsville, Texas. Neighbor Jack Harris was 14 at the time, he occasionally babysat for the girls, and his confession ...