Federal judge: Extreme heat in Texas prisons is likely unconstitutional punishment
The judge ruled Texas prison cell temperatures, which regularly exceed 90 and 100 degrees, likely violate rights against ...
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Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional, but doesn’t require air conditioning
About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.
30 years after music icon Selena’s murder, Yolanda Saldívar is up for parole. Here’s what to know
This combination of photos shows Yolanda Saldívar, who is serving a life sentence at the Patrick L. O’Daniel Unit prison in ...
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Escaped Texas Inmate Gonzalo Lopez Is Dead After Being Linked to Deaths of 5 Found in Home
But the escaped inmate hopped in the driver's seat and took off on the bus, according to the TDCJ's release. Responding officers shot at Lopez, causing the bus to veer off the road. Lopez jumped ...
A Win and a Loss? Plaintiffs Likely to Succeed, But Won't Get Injunction
"So, the court finds it is not in the parties' or the public interest to issue a preliminary injunction at this time," Pitman ...
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'It actually helped me' | Texas looks to expand peer addiction program for inmates
Texas may have found an unlikely ally -- the inmates themselves. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is now looking to expand its Recovery Housing Opportunity Program to facilities across the ...