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Texas prisons must be air conditioned by 2029, federal judge orders

Texas prisons must be air conditioned by 2029, federal judge orders
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A federal judge has ruled that conditions in Texas prisons without air conditioning violate inmates’ constitutional rights and ordered the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to install air conditioning throughout its prison system by the end of 2029.

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