How John Whitmire kept Texas prisons hot as 'living hell'
More than 80,000 Texas prisoners live in facilities that lack air conditioning. They have former state senator and Houston ...
Houston Public Media5d
Federal judge says heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional, does not order immediate A/C
Judge Robert Pitman says inmates who sued the state could win their case but that the fix is not easy or cheap.
Judge says heat in Texas prisons unconstitutional as states face mounting lawsuits
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...
Judge says extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional but doesn’t order they install AC
A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional.” ...
WHNT5d
Judge says heat in Texas prisons unconstitutional as states face mounting lawsuits
a group of men incarcerated at a state penitentiary this week again asked a federal judge to take steps to protect prisoners doing outdoor agricultural labor in dangerous heat. “Texas is the ...
Orange County Register5d
Judge says heat in Texas prisons unconstitutional as states face mounting lawsuits
In Louisiana, a group of men incarcerated at a state penitentiary this week ... outdoors during the hot summer outside a Texas prison unit in Huntsville, Texas, on June 25, 2015.