A federal judge's rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ordering a fix ...

A Texas Tribune analysis revealed that at least 41 people had died inside Texas prisons in 2023 during the state's ...

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

A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is "plainly unconstitutional," but declined to order the state to immediately start installing air conditioning, which could ...

“Texas is the largest prison system in the country and the ... will be significant for lawsuits with the same issues of extreme heat, limited or no air conditioning, and inmates at risk of ...

A federal judge found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional” but did not order the state to begin installing air conditioners. While U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman ...

Only about 10% of Texas prison inmates have a heat score, even though all of the roughly 134,500 people incarcerated in them face “a substantial risk of serious harm from the extreme heat in ...