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 ...

About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

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 ...

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

A federal judge found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional” but did not order the state to begin ...

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

Judge Robert Pitman says inmates who sued the state could win their case but that the fix is not easy or cheap.

District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan announced a former Penn Forest Township auditor pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material and received a significant state prison ...

Injustice sat down with Kwaneta Harris, an incarcerated writer housed at the Lane Murray Unit, the largest women’s prison in ...

The investigation is tied to a federal lawsuit filed by Bernie Tiede, a Texas man spending life in prison who has reported ...

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