About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

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 ...

Texan authorities have been criticized over extreme heat in their prison system, where temperatures can routinely rise above ...

Texas lawmakers should support bills by state Rep. Terri Leo Wilson and state Sen. Mayes Middleton meant to help keep people ...

The decision came Thursday, after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted to deny the release of Yolanda Saldívar. She ...

A federal judge found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional” but did not order the state to begin ...

HOUSTON (AP) — The woman convicted of killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Perez has been denied parole after ...

A federal judge’s finding that extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional could lead to the state being ordered to ...

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

Injustice sat down with Kwaneta Harris, an incarcerated writer housed at the Lane Murray Unit, the largest women’s prison in ...