Jon Rosenthal, D-Houston, are identical and would require each cellblock, dormitory and common area in Texas prisons to be equipped with an air conditioning unit. Temperatures would have to be ...

Texas bills requiring air-conditioned prisons languish despite temperatures being ruled unconstitutional By Pooja Salhotra The Texas Tribune Apr 4, 2025 ...

The five bills that would require complete air conditioning in state prisons haven’t had a hearing yet. Judge orders US to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador prison Kurt Russell ...

About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat. Prison staff and inmates move through the Darrington Unit's main hallway on ...

(AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) An inmate works outdoors during the hot summer outside a Texas prison unit in Huntsville, Texas, on June 25, 2015. (Rose Baca/The Dallas Morning News via AP, File) A federal ...

The Sam Houston Memorial Museum and Republic of Texas Presidential Library in Huntsville provides a unique and in-depth look at the Texas hero and the Republic of Texas executive office.

But U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman’s warnings to Texas to act after finding the conditions in the prison system unconstitutional could resonate elsewhere in the U.S. where similar challenges are ...

“It sends an incredibly powerful message.” FILE – An inmate works outdoors during the hot summer outside a Texas prison unit in Huntsville, Texas, on June 25, 2015. (Rose Baca/The Dallas ...