also have heat rules. State lawmakers did not put any money directly towards air conditioning prisons last year, when they had a $32.7 billion budget surplus. The Texas House had budgeted $545 ...

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 has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don't have air conditioning is "plainly unconstitutional." ...

TDCJ spokeswoman Amanda Hernandez welcomed the ruling, saying in a statement ... and at least 41 prisoners died in uncooled prisons during a 2023 Texas heat wave, according to the Texas Tribune.

The ruling affirmed claims brought by advocates of people incarcerated in Texas, where summer heat ... been hearing complaints about extreme heat in prisons for years and has not addressed the ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional ... Judge Robert Pitman wrote in his ruling on a a temporary injunction ...

"Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional, but doesn’t require air conditioning" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that ...