The Texas Tribune4m
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.
Extreme heat without air conditioning in Texas prisons is cruel and unusual punishment, judge rules
A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don't have air conditioning is "plainly unconstitutional." ...
Federal judge says extreme heat in Texas prisons is "unconstitutional," but denies immediate A/C installation
A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don't have air conditioning is "plainly unconstitutional." ...
Killeen Daily Herald55m
Homeland Security Secretary Noem visits the El Salvador prison where deported Venezuelans are held
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has visited the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump ...
KUT1h
Federal judge says heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional, does not order immediate A/C
Judge Robert Pitman says inmates who sued the state could win their case but that the fix is not easy or cheap.
Pennsylvania Capital-Star3h
Prisons could use cellphone jamming systems under bill in Congress
David Kustoff of Tennessee reignited their push Wednesday to prevent incarcerated people from using contraband cellphones ...
A glimpse at complaints inside Louisiana and Texas ICE detention centers holding Mahmoud Khalil and Badar Khan Suri
The ICE facilities where Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil and Georgetown University fellow Badar Khan Suri are ...
Longview News-Journal1d
Ex-Texas megachurch pastor Morris, charged with child sex abuse, began ministry career in Longview
Robert Morris, who led Gateway Church in Southlake before his resignation, is a Pine Tree High School graduate and began his ...
KTSM 9 News1d
Mexican national sentenced for transporting migrants in El Paso
A Mexican national was sentenced recently in a federal court in El Paso to eight years in prison for conspiracy to transport migrants in El Paso and other areas in the ...
The Texas Tribune3d
Texas House majority signs on to new bill restricting the use of bathrooms in public buildings by transgender people
House Bill 239 would mandate that family violence shelters, prisons and bathrooms ... may need assistance using facilities, likey the elderly. The bill comes as some Texas lawmakers, including ...