The Ferguson Unit, a notoriously hot prison in East Texas, has no air conditioning for any prisoner housing areas, including solitary confinement.

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson issued an order Tuesday afternoon cancelling the planned release of convicted killer Timothy Robert Pauley. The decision reverses an order made by former Governor Jay ...

Prison officials said inmates get three meals a day, along with ice, water and fans to deal with the heat. The systemwide lockdown, which included Texas jails and prisons, was a rare but necessary ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- A man recently sentenced to life in prison in Montgomery County was found unresponsive in his prison cell and pronounced dead. Tyler Clark, 31, was convicted and ...

The Ferguson Unit, a notoriously hot prison in East Texas, has no air conditioning for any prisoner housing areas, including solitary confinement. Credit: Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribune ...

After 21 days, the last of many Texas prisoners to consistently refuse food ended his hunger strike. In letters to The Texas Tribune, two prisoners spoke out on the dire solitary confinement ...

When he learned he was being moved to Ferguson, a notoriously stifling prison, he thought at first other men were exaggerating. He’d worked in construction and warehouses in Texas — he knew heat.

Michael Ferguson has been in the Potter County Jail since Nov. 27, records show. Amarillo is in the Texas Panhandle in between Oklahoma City and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Read Next ...

When he learned he was being moved to Ferguson, a notoriously stifling prison, he thought at first other men were exaggerating. He’d worked in construction and warehouses in Texas — he knew heat.

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Texas heat has killed prisoners and cost the state millions in wrongful death and civil... “It’s a living hell”: Scorching heat in Texas prisons revives air-conditioning debate ...