Judge says heat in Texas prisons unconstitutional as states face mounting lawsuits
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...
Federal judge: Extreme heat in Texas prisons is likely unconstitutional punishment
The judge ruled Texas prison cell temperatures, which regularly exceed 90 and 100 degrees, likely violate rights against ...
Federal judge says extreme heat in Texas prisons is "unconstitutional," but denies immediate A/C installation
A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don't have air conditioning is "plainly unconstitutional." ...
Judge says extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional but doesn't order they install AC
Austin, Texas – A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional,” but ...
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Texas prison staff faked records about heat faced by inmates, guards, investigation shows
The investigation was ordered by federal judge hearing a case on whether heat in Texas prisons qualifies as cruel and unusual ...
AP PHOTOS: A lens on prison labor
When Bruce Jackson was allowed into Texas prisons in the 1960s with a camera, he documented how little had changed from the past with men working in the heat on former slave plantations.
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Federal judge says extreme heat in Texas prisons is "unconstitutional," but denies immediate A/C installation
Texas has more than 130,000 people serving time in prisons, more than any state in ... or even deliberately set fires so that guards would be forced to hose down cells. Texas Department of ...
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At My Texas Prison, Solitary Confinement All But Guarantees Sexual Exploitation by Guards
Texas prosecutors failed to pursue almost half of the nearly 400 cases that the prison system’s inspector general referred to them. Of the 126 workers — mostly guards — who were convicted, only nine ...