TEXAS, TX - Two-thirds of Texas state run jails and prisons (roughly 100) are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing ...

Judge Robert Pitman says inmates who sued the state could win their case but that the fix is not easy or cheap.

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

A federal judge found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional,” but did not order the state to begin ...

The list of appointments was posted less than a month after the Star-Telegram found the Texas Commission on Jail Standards ...

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate whose bid for a new trial drew the support of ...

Employees from at least one Texas prison falsified temperature logs that help the agency decide when the conditions inside ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate whose bid for a new trial drew the support of the prosecutor’s office that originally put him on ...

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen near sunset in Washington, Oct. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) ...

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate whose bid for a new trial drew the support of the prosecutor's office that originally put him on death row. The ...

18, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Texas death ...