How John Whitmire kept Texas prisons hot as 'living hell'
A years-long fight over the temperature inside Texas prisons has entered a new phase. In a landmark ruling issued on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman ruled that keeping inmates in ...
State of Texas: Insurance CEO grilled after emails reveal efforts to investigate customers and lawmakers
Tense Testimony – Questions to an insurance CEO turned tense at a hearing of the Texas House DOGE committee. The chairman ...
Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional
About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.
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US federal judge finds extreme heat in Texas prison unconstitutional
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 ...
A Win and a Loss? Plaintiffs Likely to Succeed, But Won't Get Injunction
"So, the court finds it is not in the parties' or the public interest to issue a preliminary injunction at this time," Pitman ...
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 ...
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Employee’s spine fractured when inmate attacks her at Ohio prison, lawsuit says
It’s the prison’s procedure that staff members are not to be isolated with inmates for extended periods of time, the lawsuit said. However, that’s exactly what happened when the employee was ...