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After sweltering temperatures killed Texas prisoners, lawmakers vote to install air conditioning Texas Tribune Updated:  Tags:  The Beto Unit prison, operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Tennessee Colony. 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 co...

Social distancing and other contagion protocols are difficult behind bars, but an investigation by WFAA and The Marshall Project showed that the spread of COVID-19 behind bars was also due to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's lackluster response, potentially exacerbating outbreaks and putting surrounding communities at risk. The agency's website lists the prisoners who have died from the virus. Below is a list of those people, including Campos.  Among the list are four people who officials removed from the agency's official county of coronavirus-related deaths, even though they had ...