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After $7 Million Legal Fight over Air Conditioning, Texas Prison System Touts New Heat Safety Policies
Posted on · Following a legal settlement, the prison system has added temporary air conditioning to one unit and made other statewide changes
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Judge Approves Settlement Mandating Air Conditioning At Hot Texas Prison
Posted on · “I never dreamt we’d get the Pack Unit air-conditioned,” the federal judge said at a Houston hearing
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Former Texas Prison Employee Alleges A ‘Culture Of Cover-Up’
Posted on · Dominique Mitchell supervised a program for teen inmates within an adult prison in Brazoria. She says employees were discouraged from reporting incidents involving inmates, and were disciplined if they did
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Party Politics, Texas Edition Ep. 44: Who Is Challenging Governor Abbott?
Posted on · "The consistent message that seems to be coming out of her campaign is she has no idea why she's running for governor" - Jay Aiyer, co-host of Party Politics, on media and others' reaction to Lupe Valdez, one of the Democrats running for Texas governor
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Civil Trial Ordered Of Texas Prisons, Leaders In Heat Death
Posted on · A federal judge has ordered a civil trial of the Texas prison system and its leadership in a civil rights lawsuit arising from the heat-related death of an inmate.
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Houston Jails & Prisons, Super Neighborhoods, & Houston Greeters: Houston Matters for Wed., Dec. 18, 2013
Posted on · One way to judge the quality of a society is to look at how it treats its prisoners. If we were to do that here in Houston, what would we see? Itâs a question that perhaps is best answered in two stages â first, by examining how inmates are processed through jail (and what will […]