Lawyers have tried to force the state of Texas to provide air-conditioning in its prisons for years. Now, they say this case ...

Current and former heads of Texas’ prison system defended asking for lesser amounts to air-condition facilities during a ...

A trial against the state of Texas for not having air conditioning at its state prisons starts this week. Organizations representing inmates argue extreme heat amounts to illegal, cruel punishment.

Inmates in Texas prisons want a federal court to force the state to provide air-conditioning for all its prison cells.

Attorneys for Texas prisoners say the conditions expose inmates and staff to dangerously high temperatures and have caused ...

As Texas moves to install air conditioning in all of its prisons by 2033, a federal judge who raised constitutional concerns about triple-digit temperatures pummeling inmates will decide whether to ...

Two Texas correctional officers were relieved of duty while officials investigate separate sexual assault allegations by ...

About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

Five heat-related deaths occurred over the past two summers in Texas prisons, the plaintiff's attorneys said on the first day ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal trial over air conditioning in Texas prisons began in Austin on Monday. An issue is whether or not ...

The Huntsville Unit, the state’s oldest prison in Texas dating to 1849, is shown here on Oct. 10, 2017. The state of Texas is defending its prison system against a lawsuit that says the lack of air ...