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Many Texas prisons do not have air conditioning, and now a judge is siding with prisoners who say those conditions are unconstitutional. We look at why the judge did not order the state to immediately ...

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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...

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

A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional,” but declined to order the ...

A second employee of midwife and clinic owner Maria Rojas was charged in connection an investigation into illegal abortions, authorities said.

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