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About two-thirds of the inmates housed across TDCJ’s facilities live in areas without air conditioning.

With the threat of another hot summer ahead, advocates asked a federal judge to declare 100-degree-plus conditions in uncooled Texas facilities unconstitutional.

The suit says 271 inmates died of 'extreme heat exposure' between 2001 and 2019 in Texas prisons.

Texas inmates are being ‘cooked to death’ in extreme heat, complaint alleges

With the threat of another hot summer ahead, advocates asked a federal judge to declare 100-degree-plus conditions in uncooled Texas facilities unconstitutional.

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

Advocates for inmates asked a judge to declare the Texas prison policy unconstitutional and require that prisons be kept under 85 degrees Fahrenheit.

A man serving a sentence for crimes committed in Lubbock County attempted to escape from a unit in Childress, according to authorities.

CHILDRESS - A correctional officer with 44 months of service to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice prevented an escape attempt from the Roach Unit in Childress Tuesday.

A man serving a sentence for crimes committed in Lubbock County attempted to escape from a unit in Childress, according to authorities.