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• Federal Trial Over Texas Prison Air Conditioning Opens With Allegations of Unreported Heat Related Deaths

  Published: Mar 31, 2026

  Section: US & Canada

  A high stakes federal trial has commenced in Austin to determine if the Texas Department of Criminal Justice must install universal air conditioning by 2029. Plaintiffs opened the...

• Federal Trial Mandating Air Conditioning for Texas State Prisons Set to Commence in Austin

  Published: Mar 28, 2026

  Section: Politics

  A landmark federal trial begins Monday to determine if the lack of air conditioning in Texas prisons constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment." While U.S. District Judge Robert Pi...