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

"So, the court finds it is not in the parties' or the public interest to issue a preliminary injunction at this time," Pitman ...

Inmate Bernie Tiede, well known as the subject of the 2011 Richard Linklater movie "Bernie," filed the lawsuit against Collier and the TDCJ in August 2023 after suffering an acute medical crisis ...

TDCJ deployed potable water tankers and mobile shower trailers and gave out bottled water to the inmate population, Haney said. CBS19 will update this story as more information becomes available.

The data was provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice monthly and included breakdowns by unit, crimes, race and sex. Our site also included information on individual inmates ...

"TDCJ is fully committed to the safety of the inmate population and our staff, and that commitment is reflected in TDCJ’s ongoing efforts to install air conditioning, identify inmates who are ...

Inmate Bernie Tiede filed the lawsuit against Collier and TDCJ in August 2023 after suffering an acute medical crisis in a cell where staff members had recorded a temperature of 112 degrees just ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment. About 85,000 Texas prison inmates reside in facilities that do not have air conditioning in most ...