THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – A week after a federal judge declared hot conditions in Texas prisons unconstitutional, a legislative ...
A years-long fight over the temperature inside Texas prisons has entered a new phase. In a landmark ruling issued on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman ruled that keeping inmates in ...
A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional,” but declined to order the ...
Already, Texas law requires county jails to be kept between 65 and 85 degrees. Other facilities, such as animal shelters, ...
"So, the court finds it is not in the parties' or the public interest to issue a preliminary injunction at this time," Pitman ...
Texan authorities have been criticized over extreme heat in their prison system, where temperatures can routinely rise above ...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge's rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...
A federal judge found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional” but did not order the state to begin ...
The judge ruled Texas prison cell temperatures, which regularly exceed 90 and 100 degrees, likely violate rights against ...
A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional.” ...
US judge rules extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutionally cruel but stops short of requiring air conditioning.
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