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'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.” ...
About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.
FILE - An inmate works outdoors during the hot summer outside a Texas prison unit in Huntsville ... but declined to order the state to immediately start installing air conditioning, which could ...
Injustice sat down with Kwaneta Harris, an incarcerated writer housed at the Lane Murray Unit, the largest women’s prison in ...
In 2018, the state was ordered to install air conditioning ... FILE - An inmate works outdoors during the hot summer outside a Texas prison unit in Huntsville, Texas, on June 25, 2015.
Texan authorities have been criticized over extreme heat in their prison system, where temperatures can routinely rise above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. Out of around 100 Texas state prison ...
A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional,” but declined to order the state to immediately start installing air conditioning ...