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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Stephen Simpson

Bill requiring air conditioning in all Texas prisons wins House approval

Birds fly overhead at the Hilltop prison unit in Gatesville on Nov. 25, 2019.
About two-thirds of Texas’ prison inmates reside in facilities that are not fully air conditioned in housing areas. (Credit: Angela Piazza for The Texas Tribune)

The Texas House passed Friday a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning by the end of 2032.

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