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

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

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.

To cool the state’s entire prison system, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has said it would cost more than $1 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

The investigation revealed a smuggling pipeline that relied on drones and outside accomplices to bypass prison security ...

Texas prisons without air conditioning get so hot in summer that temperatures there would routinely violate state standards for other types of lockups, like county jails, according to a new ...

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