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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Jolie McCullough

Despite budget surplus, Texas Legislature makes little money available for prison air conditioning

The Byrd Unit in Huntsville, TX, on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022.
The Byrd Unit in Huntsville, TX, on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (Credit: Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribune)

The Texas Legislature had an extra $32.7 billion in the bank to spend on the state’s next two-year budget, but lawmakers ultimately decided not to put a penny directly toward cooling dangerously hot prisons.

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