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

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.

Filmmaker Rick Linklater joins the call for action

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.

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

Itll cost $500M to get AC in prisons

Part 2: The state’s response to the prison heat crisis