Texas bills requiring air-conditioned prisons languish despite temperatures being ruled unconstitutional
THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – A week after a federal judge declared hot conditions in Texas prisons unconstitutional, a legislative ...
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Texas Prison Staff Falsified and Defaced Temperature Logs As Heat-Associated Deaths Piled Up In The State: Report
A Texas Tribune analysis revealed that at least 41 people had died inside Texas prisons in 2023 during the state's ...
Judge says heat in Texas prisons unconstitutional as states face mounting lawsuits
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...
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Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional, but doesn’t require air conditioning
"Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional ... government and statewide issues. Housing Texas prison ...
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Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional, but doesn’t require air conditioning
Only about 10% of Texas prison inmates have a heat score, even though all of the roughly 134,500 people incarcerated in them face “a substantial risk of serious harm from the extreme heat in ...
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Judge Says Heat in Texas Prisons Unconstitutional as States Face Mounting Lawsuits
“Texas is the largest prison system in the country and the ... will be significant for lawsuits with the same issues of extreme heat, limited or no air conditioning, and inmates at risk of ...