Federal judge: Extreme heat in Texas prisons is likely unconstitutional punishment
The judge ruled Texas prison cell temperatures, which regularly exceed 90 and 100 degrees, likely violate rights against ...
Jurist13 小时
US federal judge finds extreme heat in Texas prison unconstitutional
US District Judge Robert Pitman on Wednesday held Wednesday that the extreme heat in Texas prisons is 'plainly unconstitutional' while denying a temporary injunction request to install air ...
Columbia Journalism Review10 天
The Harsh Reality of Being a Prison Journalist
In the late summer of 2023, Jeremy Busby was brutally attacked by a cellmate in the Texas prison where he was being held.
The Washington Post1 天
Extreme heat in Texas prisons without AC is unconstitutional, judge says
the TDCJ, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his office in August 2023, seeking to be moved to an air-conditioned cell. After a magistrate judge granted the request, four prison rights groups ...