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Texas bills requiring air-conditioned prisons languish despite temperatures being ruled unconstitutional
The five bills that would require complete air conditioning in state prisons haven’t had a hearing yet, and the money set for ...
Investigation finds Texas prison staff falsified records about temperatures
The investigation is tied to a federal lawsuit filed by Bernie Tiede, a Texas man spending life in prison who has reported ...
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Federal judge says extreme heat in Texas prisons is "unconstitutional," but denies immediate A/C installation
A lawyer for the plaintiffs and officials at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment. Texas is not alone in facing lawsuits over dangerously ...
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Texas court issues rare stay of execution for Death Row inmate who fought for DNA testing
David Leonard Wood, known as the "Desert Killer," is scheduled to be executed on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Huntsville Unit prison in Livingston ...
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Federal appeals court reverses Texas death row inmate’s conviction
A Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesperson said the agency had no comment on Holberg’s case. Holberg is currently being held at the Patrick L. O’Daniel Unit, a Gatesville prison that ...
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Judge says heat in Texas prisons unconstitutional as states face mounting lawsuits
On Thursday, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said it has asked lawmakers for $118 million to install air conditioning for about 16,000 more beds. “TDCJ is dedicated to continuing to add ...
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Property tax relief, border security. Here are 7 highlights from proposed Texas budget
SB 1 includes $9.8 billion for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, an increase of 13% over last cycle, and nearly $1 billion to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. The bill includes $35.8 ...
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Texas government agencies move to limit work-from-home policies
For some agencies, the transition will be modest. Most of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s nearly 40,000 employees work onsite as prison guards or staff, with fewer than 1,000 in ...
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Federal appeals court reverses Texas death row inmate's 1998 murder conviction
A Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesperson said the agency had no comment on Holberg's case. Holberg is currently being held at the Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit, a Gatesville prison that ...
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East Carolina University (Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology)
East Carolina University (Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology) is a public institution where all of the online graduate-level criminal justice classes are recorded and archived so that ...
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Report: More than 451,000 criminal noncitizens arrested in Texas over 14 years
From 2011 through Feb. 28, 2025, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) provided DPS with information on more than 33,000 illegal foreign nationals identified by DHS while incarcerated. Among ...