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

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ordering a fix before summer in what has become of one the country’s biggest lawsuits over keeping prisoners safe during dangerous extreme heat.

A federal judge has ruled that the heat levels in Texas state prisons are "plainly unconstitutional," but has not ordered the immediate installation of air conditioning across facilities in the Lone Star State,