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Federal Judge Orders Texas to Air-Condition Its Prisons
The lack of air-conditioning in most of the state’s prisons violates the U.S. Constitution, the judge ruled. He ordered the state to cool all of its lockups by the end of 2029.
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- The New York Times US. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/us/texas-prisons-air-conditioning-ruling.html
The lack of air-conditioning in most of the state’s prisons violates the U.S. Constitution, the judge ruled. He ordered the state to cool all of its lockups by the end of 2029.
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