A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Wednesday from using of a centuries-old wartime law to deport migrants from ...

The five bills that would require complete air conditioning in state prisons haven’t had a hearing yet, and the money set for ...

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

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

have been filed this session that would require state prisons to be equipped with air conditioning, but none of the bills ...

Texan authorities have been criticized over extreme heat in their prison system, where temperatures can routinely rise above ...

Judge Robert Pitman says inmates who sued the state could win their case but that the fix is not easy or cheap.

A federal judge found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional” but did not order the state to begin installing air conditioners. While U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman affirmed ...

A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional,” but declined to order the ...

An Austin federal judge ruled Wednesday evening that sweltering heat in Texas prison cells is likely violating inmates’ constitutional rights, but he declined to order the state's prison system ...