Housing Texas prison inmates in sweltering facilities that lack air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional,” U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman said Wednesday in a groundbreaking, 91-page ruling.
Housing Texas prison inmates in sweltering facilities that lack air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional,” U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman said Wednesday in a groundbreaking, 91-page ruling.
Advocates for air-conditioning in Florida prisons are seeking funding in the state budget for a pilot program after legislation failed. The pilot program would install air-conditioning in prisons ...
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House passed Friday a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning by the end of 2032. Lawmakers passed 79-39 House Bill 3006 by Terry Canales, D-Edinburg. If the ...
Prison staff and inmates move through the Darrington Unit's main hallway on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. (Jolie Mccullough/The Texas Tribune, Jolie Mccullough/The Texas Tribune) Sign up for The Brief, ...
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Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional, but doesn’t require air conditioning
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