About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

"So, the court finds it is not in the parties' or the public interest to issue a preliminary injunction at this time," Pitman ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ...

A federal judge has decided not to order temporary air conditioning be installed in all Texas prisons, allowing a lawsuit ...

A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is “plainly unconstitutional,” but declined to order the ...

Judge Robert Pitman says inmates who sued the state could win their case but that the fix is not easy or cheap.

The judge ruled Texas prison cell temperatures, which regularly exceed 90 and 100 degrees, likely violate rights against ...

The Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla on Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Tomas O'Valle Fresno Bee file Correctional staff at the Central California Women’s Facility assaulted a group of ...

The Jonas Brothers will be making a stop in San Antonio later this year as part of their “Jonas20: Living the Dream” tour. Read full article: San Antonio police searching for suspects after 2 ...

AGASSIZ, B.C. - An inmate at a British Columbia prison has been charged with second-degree murder over a death in a cafeteria fight. Homicide investigators say Therae Racette-Beaulieu has been ...

March 12 (UPI) --State prosecutors withheld evidence favorable to Brittany Marlow Holberg during her 1998 murder trial that resulted in her being sentenced to death, a federal appellate court ...