A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional.”.

A new £400 million super-prison has opened where inmates will be able to choose the names of their cell blocks and get a say ...

She added: “Some of the Design features up ... He’ll also look at how we use prison time to force offenders to mend their ways. Last month, we both went to Texas, and we liked what we saw.

She said Texas had reduced crime rates by almost a third while also reducing their prison population by 20,000 ... “Everything from the building design to the technology, education and training ...

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

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

During the prisons-building boom three decades ago, lawmakers allowed private, for-profit corporations to compete for prisons ...

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 ...

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 ...

An Austin federal judge ruled Wednesday evening that sweltering heat in Texas prison cells is likely violating inmates’ constitutional rights, but he declined to order the state's prison system ...