Extreme heat has long been a concern for incarcerated pregnant women and those behind bars with underlying health conditions. A mock prison cell, intended to simulate the heat inside prision cells in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says it has worked to mitigate heat inside prisons, but inmates' advocates say those ...

Temperatures inside some prison cells in the South routinely exceed 120 degrees in the summer months. Inmates in these facilities often resort to drinking toilet water to cool off. In Texas alone, at ...

I’LL TALK ABOUT THAT MORE COMING UP. THAT RELIEF WILL BE NICE. THANK YOU. BECAUSE HEAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR SO MANY. IN FACT, COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN COMING IN ABOUT AIR CONDITIONING AT THE LANCASTER ...

A decision whether to mandate air conditioning inside Texas prisons is in the hands of a federal judge, as advocacy organizations try to force the state to address what they allege are dangerous, ...