The investigation is tied to a federal lawsuit filed by Bernie Tiede, a Texas man spending life in prison who has reported ...
BEAUMONT, Texas — Staff with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) falsified records about how hot it got in at least one Texas prison, according to an internal investigation tied to a ...
The investigation was ordered by federal judge hearing a case on whether heat in Texas prisons qualifies as cruel and unusual ...
People incarcerated at the Darrington Prison Unit – renamed the Memorial Unit – in Rosharon ... of dollars to install permanent air conditioning in every TDCJ [Texas Department of Criminal Justice] ...
Stiles Unit, a men's prison located 10 miles ... "Heat deaths haven't magically stopped," Skarha said last year. "TDCJ has simply stopped reporting or admitting them after the multiple wrongful ...