The Texas House is set to debate on Thursday a proposed $337.4 billion state spending plan for the next two years. The ...

The five bills that would require complete air conditioning in state prisons haven’t had a hearing yet, and the money set for ...

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

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 ...

The judge ruled Texas prison cell temperatures, which regularly exceed 90 and 100 degrees, likely violate rights against cruel and unusual punishment.

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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 ...

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.

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 on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is "plainly unconstitutional," but declined to order the state to immediately start installing air conditioning, which could ...