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

A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons ... to emails seeking comment. Texas is not alone in facing lawsuits over dangerously hot prisons. Cases also have been filed ...

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 ...

“Texas is the largest prison system in the country ... said the judge's findings will be significant for lawsuits with the same issues of extreme heat, limited or no air conditioning, and ...