AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...
A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional.” ...
Texan authorities have been criticized over extreme heat in their prison system, where temperatures can routinely rise above ...
The judge ruled Texas prison cell temperatures, which regularly exceed 90 and 100 degrees, likely violate rights against ...
A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don't have air conditioning is "plainly unconstitutional." ...
A federal judge found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional,” but did not order the state to begin ...
About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.
Judge Robert Pitman says inmates who sued the state could win their case but that the fix is not easy or cheap.
A man from Elk City has been sentenced to 45 years in federal prison after being convicted of child sexual exploitation, the ...
A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is "plainly unconstitutional," but declined to order the ...
A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is "plainly unconstitutional," but declined to order the state to immediately start installing air conditioning, which could ...