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A family feud over drugs, money and fried fish roils the heart of the Texas prison system.

Texas spent $1.1 million fighting a lawsuit from prisoners who asked for soap, hand sanitizer, and social-distancing measures, documents say wbostock@businessinsider.com (Bill Bostock) © Loop Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images A Texas flag flying at the LBJ Library in Austin, Texas. Loop Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Two prisoners sued the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice last year for access to sanitizer and soap. The plaintiffs, ages 69 and 73, won the case, but a Texas appeals court overturned it last month. The Texas attorney general spent $1...

Two older prisoners sued the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in March 2020 and won, but the case was overruled by an appeals court last month.

Martin do Nascimento for The Texas Tribune / Originally published on May 14, 2021 11:00 am As Texas braces for its notoriously scorching summer temperatures, the state House agreed to install air conditioning in dozens of uncooled prisons within seven years — but only if lawmakers specifically set aside money for it. On Thursday night, the Texas House initially passed a bill that would require all Texas lockups to be cooled over a seven-year span, capping costs at $300 million. But the state prison agency would only have to abide by the measure if lawmakers also agree to specifica...

Credit: Martin do Nascimento for The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. As Texas braces for its notoriously scorching summer temperatures, the state House agreed to install air conditioning in dozens of uncooled prisons within seven years — but only if lawmakers specifically set aside money for it. On Thursday night, the Texas House initially passed a bill that would require all Texas lockups to be cooled over a seven-year span, capping costs at $300 million. But the state prison agency would ...