TechNews brief

Judge orders Texas to have air conditioning at all prisons by end of 2029

The Texas State Capitol building in Austin
File photograph: The Texas State Capitol building in Austin. Y M / Unsplash. Illustrative context, not a photograph of this reported event.
LinkedInPostEmail
Save for later

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Texas to install air conditioning in all of its prisons by the end of 2029, saying that inmates in lockups without it are being given punishments that violate their constitutional rights.

Read the original report at Cnn.

Sources and context

Cnn

Source headline and summary supplied via NewsData.io. First collected by NewsJaws on 2026-09-24. This is an automated news brief, not original NewsJaws reporting. Dates reflect the source publication. Feed delays may apply.