Inmates Escape Texas Prison

A federal judge’s finding that extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional could lead to the state being ordered to spend billions to install air conditioning to cool them off.

The Washington Post · 1d

Extreme heat in Texas prisons without AC is unconstitutional, judge says

Judge Robert Pitman ruled in favor of prisoners’ rights advocates but stopped short of ordering the state to install air conditioners immediately.

Yahoo · 1d

Judge: High heat in Texas prisons unconstitutional

A federal judge found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional” but did not order the state to begin installing air conditioners. While U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman affirmed some of the claims about incarcerated conditions in the state,

The Texas Tribune on MSN7d

Texas prison staff falsified temperatures records, investigation finds

Two-thirds of the state’s roughly 100 jails and prisons in Texas are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing areas.

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Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional, but doesn’t require air conditioning

Housing Texas prison inmates in sweltering facilities that lack air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional,” U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman said Wednesday in a groundbreaking ...

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