AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...

Lawmakers are pursuing legislative changes that would keep more people locked up in overcrowded county jails while awaiting ...

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

A years-long fight over the temperature inside Texas prisons has entered a new phase. In a landmark ruling issued on ...

“Texas is the largest prison system in the country and the judge ... “It sends an incredibly powerful message.” FILE – An inmate works outdoors during the hot summer outside a Texas ...

“Texas is the largest prison system in the country and the judge ... limited or no air conditioning, and inmates at risk of dying. "It's influential,” Kendrick said. Texas has more than ...