A major federal trial is examining whether extreme heat inside Texas prisons violates constitutional protections.

Lawyers have tried to force the state of Texas to provide air-conditioning in its prisons for years. Now, they say this case ...

Inmates in Texas prisons want a federal court to force the state to provide air-conditioning for all its prison cells.

The Huntsville Unit, the state’s oldest prison in Texas dating to 1849, is shown here on Oct. 10, 2017. The state of Texas is defending its prison system against a lawsuit that says the lack of air ...

Texas prisons without air conditioning get so hot in summer that temperatures there would routinely violate state standards for other types of lockups, like county jails, according to a new ...