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$9 million in renovations coming to Montford Prison Unit
During a routine check of public records on Monday, EverythingLubbock.com discovered $9 Million renovations will be happening ...
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Texas bills requiring air-conditioned prisons languish despite temperatures being ruled unconstitutional
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 ...
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Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional, but doesn’t require air conditioning
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 ...
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Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional, but doesn’t require air conditioning
an inmate who was housed in a Huntsville cell where temperatures exceeded 110 degrees. The new filing expanded the plaintiffs to include every inmate incarcerated in uncooled Texas prisons.
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Judge says heat in Texas prisons unconstitutional as states face mounting lawsuits
(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 ...
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Judge says heat in Texas prisons unconstitutional as states face mounting lawsuits
“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 ...