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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Pooja Salhotra

Texas bills requiring air-conditioned prisons languish despite temperatures being ruled unconstitutional

Mountain View prison in Gatesville on September 19, 2019.
About two thirds of Texas’ prison inmates reside in facilities that are not fully air conditioned in housing areas, and indoor temperatures routinely top 100 degrees Fahrenheit. (Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera for The Texas Tribune)

A week after a federal judge declared hot conditions in Texas prisons unconstitutional, a legislative push to require air conditioning in every state prison has not gained significant traction.

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