AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...
The investigation was triggered by a federal judge, who questioned the state’s recordkeeping. Inmates are suing the state, ...
In the late summer of 2023, Jeremy Busby was brutally attacked by a cellmate in the Texas prison where he was being held.
Texan authorities have been criticized over extreme heat in their prison system, where temperatures can routinely rise above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. Out of around 100 Texas state prison ...
The investigation is tied to a federal lawsuit filed by Bernie Tiede, a Texas man spending life in prison who has reported ...
Judge Robert Pitman ruled in favor of prisoners’ rights advocates but stopped short of ordering the state to install air ...
A Texas Tribune analysis revealed that at least 41 people had died inside Texas prisons in 2023 during the state's ...
A federal judge ruled that extreme heat in Texas prisons is "plainly unconstitutional" – but fell short of requiring the state to install air conditioning.