Lawmakers are pursuing legislative changes that would keep more people locked up in overcrowded county jails while awaiting ...

Texan authorities have been criticized over extreme heat in their prison system, where temperatures can routinely rise above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. Out of around 100 Texas state prison ...

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

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – A week after a federal judge declared hot conditions in Texas prisons unconstitutional, a legislative ...

So why aren't Texas prisons air conditioned? The simple answer is money. Lawmakers haven't budgeted much, if any, money to ...

Dominick, the Texas Prisons Community Advocates founder, said she’s concerned that the rate at which TDCJ prisons are filling is outpacing the rate at which the state agency is installing air co ...

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

A week after a federal judge declared hot conditions in Texas prisons unconstitutional, a legislative push to require air conditioning in every state prison has not gained significant traction.