Advocacy groups say Texas inmates are 'being cooked to death' in state prisons without air conditioning
The filing says nearly 70% of Texas Department of Criminal Justice prisons lack air conditioning and units routinely reach ...
Texas inmates are 'being cooked to death' in state prisons, advocacy groups allege in suit
"Let's ensure that no one else – inmates or corrections officers – suffers these inhumane conditions," Richard Linklater said ...
The Austin Chronicle8d
Advocates Sue Texas Over Prisoners Being “Cooked To Death”
“Texas prisoners are being cooked to death,” Dominick said. “As alleged in our complaint, approximately 85,000 of the 130,000 ...
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‘Cooked to death’: Civil rights advocates sue TDCJ over heat
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — A coalition of advocates and attorneys are suing the Texas Department of Criminal ... enough air conditioning for one in three inmates. About 25,000 inmates are housed in ...
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New York inmates successfully sue for right to watch April eclipse
Six New York prison inmates have won their right to watch Monday ... before heading up and east: taking in Texas, Oklahoma and all the way up to New England, before disappearing in Canada.