Two-thirds of the state’s roughly 100 jails and prisons in Texas are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing areas.

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

The investigation was triggered by a federal judge, who questioned the state’s recordkeeping. Inmates are suing the state, ...

There was a battle in a Dallas County courtroom on Friday over documents not given to defense attorneys for the new trial of ...

During scorching summer days, Texas inmates sometimes resort to soaking ... In one case, the records showed temperatures at the un-airconditioned facility reached no higher than 79 degrees during ...

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

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 ...

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) ...