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

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

The investigation was triggered by a federal judge, who questioned the state’s recordkeeping. Inmates are suing the state, ...

“It sends an incredibly powerful message.” FILE – An inmate works outdoors during the hot summer outside a Texas prison unit in Huntsville, Texas, on June 25, 2015. (Rose Baca/The Dallas ...

The case was brought by Bernie Tiede, a 65-year-old former inmate who sued TDCJ over conditions in his Huntsville ... "It's hot in Texas, and a lot of Texans who are not in prison don't have ...

FILE - An inmate works outdoors during the hot summer outside a Texas prison unit in Huntsville, Texas, on June 25, 2015. (Rose Baca/The Dallas Morning News via AP, File) AUSTIN, Texas (AP ...

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – Housing Texas prison inmates in sweltering facilities ... an inmate who was housed in a Huntsville cell where temperatures exceeded 110 degrees. The new filing expanded ...