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 ...

The deaths represent a relatively small portion of people in Texas prisons. But Texas Department of Criminal Justice ...

To cool the state’s entire prison system, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has said it would cost more than $1 billion. But so far, TDCJ has not asked the Legislature for the full funding, ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal trial over air conditioning in Texas prisons began in Austin on Monday. An issue is whether or not having air conditioning for inmates who are housed in Texas prisons during ...

Convicted child killer Tanner Horner will spend the rest of his life at one of the most brutal death row prisons after being ...

The Texas Attorney General's Office is investigating the death of an inmate over the weekend at a state prison near Amarillo. Samuell Jackson, 43, died Saturday, March 14, at Northwest Texas Hospital, ...

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A decision whether to mandate air conditioning inside Texas prisons is in the hands of a federal judge, as advocacy organizations try to force the state to address what they allege are dangerous, ...

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune's daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The trial over insufficient air ...