Inmate advocates work to air-condition some Florida prisons this session
Extreme heat at a Miami-area prison without air conditioning has subjected prisoners to cruel and unusual punishment, ...
Texas bills requiring air-conditioned prisons languish despite temperatures being ruled unconstitutional
THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – A week after a federal judge declared hot conditions in Texas prisons unconstitutional, a legislative ...
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Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional, but doesn’t require air conditioning
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Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional
Housing Texas prison inmates in sweltering facilities that lack air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional,” U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman said Wednesday in a groundbreaking, 91-page ...
Extreme heat without air conditioning in Texas prisons is cruel and unusual punishment, judge rules
A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional,” but declined to order the state to immediately start installing air conditioning, which could cost ...
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Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional, but doesn’t require air conditioning
Housing Texas prison inmates in sweltering facilities that lack air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional,” U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman said Wednesday in a groundbreaking, 91-page ...