A federal judge’s finding that extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional could lead to the state being ordered to ...
More than 80,000 Texas prisoners live in facilities that lack air conditioning. They have former state senator and Houston ...
A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don't have air conditioning is "plainly unconstitutional." ...
The judge ruled Texas prison cell temperatures, which regularly exceed 90 and 100 degrees, likely violate rights against ...
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Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutionalAbout 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.
Texas officials acknowledged that heat may have been a factor ... without working air conditioning. In Georgia, prison officials face a federal lawsuit from the family of a man who said he died ...
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