Texas officials acknowledged that heat may have been a factor ... without working air conditioning. In Georgia, prison officials face a federal lawsuit from the family of a man who said he died ...

We hope House Bill 3006, authored by Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, will succeed. In Texas, air conditioning is not a luxury ...

Legislators are exploring ways to bring air conditioning to the state's prison system, where only about a third of detainees have regular access to cool ...

The lawsuit argues the heat in the state facilities amounts ... This is step one in changing the Texas prison system.” Edwards said advocates will push for relief for prisoners as quickly ...

Most prisons in Texas don't have air conditioning and that has been the subject of lawsuits, campaigns, and speeches for ...

The Texas case will not have authority over prisons in other states. But Corene Kendrick, deputy director of the ACLU National Prison Project, said the judge’s findings will be significant for ...

“Texas is the largest prison system in the country ... said the judge's findings will be significant for lawsuits with the same issues of extreme heat, limited or no air conditioning, and ...