Lawyers for Texas have appealed a federal judge’s order requiring all state lockups to be climate controlled before 2030 to the conservative 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, continuing a yearslong legal fight over air conditioning in the country’s largest prison system.
The state’s attorneys also asked U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman to suspend his order, saying a halt is needed to avoid disrupting critical operations at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice while the appeal continues.
