Latin Times on MSN7d
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 ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN2d
Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional
About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.
Judge Rebukes 'Deadly' Conditions in Texas Prisons
Texan authorities have been criticized over extreme heat in their prison system, where temperatures can routinely rise above ...
Dallas Morning News6d
Texas is taking back privately run prisons
Now Texas is planning to end its decades-long ... helps mitigate severe staffing shortages in the prison system and keeps costs comparable. Lawmakers originally agreed to allow private companies ...
Inside the new super-prison where inmates choose their cell block names
A new £400 million super-prison has opened where inmates will be able to choose the names of their cell blocks and get a say ...
Columbia Journalism Review13d
The Harsh Reality of Being a Prison Journalist
In the late summer of 2023, Jeremy Busby was brutally attacked by a cellmate in the Texas prison where he was being held.
The Appeal10h
No Exit: Death and Despair in Texas’s “Double-Cell” Solitary Units
Texas state prisons incarcerate more than 4,500 people in two-person cells the size of a parking space for nearly 24 hours a ...
Judge Says Extreme Heat in Texas Prisons Is Unconstitutional but Doesn't Order They Install AC
A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional.” ...