Texas must air-condition all prisons by 2029, federal judge rules
A federal judge has ordered the state of Texas to install air conditioning across all its prisons by 2029. The ruling follows years of advocacy by the Lioness Justice Impacted Women's Alliance, a group formed by formerly incarcerated women who documented dangerous heat conditions inside state facilities. As of summer 2026, approximately 88,697 incarcerated individuals were housed in units lacking air conditioning. The legal victory marks a significant outcome for the group, which had persistently pushed for humane conditions in Texas prisons.
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