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For a third consecutive time, a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning has likely died in the Texas Senate.

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This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. House Bill 3006 would require the installation of climate control in ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House passed Friday a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning by the end of 2032. Lawmakers passed 79-39 House Bill 3006 by Terry Canales, D-Edinburg.

Fans hang in a hall's corner at Louie C. Powledge Unit, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men located in Anderson County in Palestine, TX on Thursday, October 21, 2021. Lawmakers ...

The Texas House overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday night to require air conditioning across the state’s prison system, marking the third time in five years that the lower chamber has ...

The Texas House overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday night to require air conditioning across the state’s prison system, marking the third time in five years that the lower chamber has ...

About two-thirds of Texas prison inmates reside in facilities that are not fully air conditioned in housing areas. (Angela Piazza For The Texas Tribune, Angela Piazza For The Texas Tribune ...