US District Judge Robert Pitman on Wednesday held Wednesday that the extreme heat in Texas prisons is 'plainly unconstitutional' while denying a temporary injunction request to install air ...
A federal judge's finding that extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional could lead to the state being ordered to ...
A federal judge found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional” but did not order the state to begin ...
Judge Robert Pitman says inmates who sued the state could win their case but that the fix is not easy or cheap.
About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.
Injustice sat down with Kwaneta Harris, an incarcerated writer housed at the Lane Murray Unit, the largest women’s prison in ...
The investigation is tied to a federal lawsuit filed by Bernie Tiede, a Texas man spending life in prison who has reported ...
The investigation was triggered by a federal judge, who questioned the state’s recordkeeping. Inmates are suing the state, ...
A man accused of killing Joel Osteen's great-aunt waited almost two decades in the Harris County Jail without a trial.
according to the state's Department of Criminal Justice. The electric chair used by Texas was nicknamed “Old Sparky.” It is ...
Frustration grows for the mother of one of the victims found in a Northeast El Paso desert as the man convicted in the ...
BALTIMORE — A former State Correctional Officer was sentenced 10 years of prison, suspending all but six months, and to pay over $50,000 in restitution after submitting fraudulent insurance claims.