August 12, 2019
An official with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice told a federal judge on Monday that the agency is back in compliance with the terms of a $4.5 million settlement agreement that requires it to house geriatric and medically sensitive inmates in temperatures that don't exceed 88 degrees.
June 11, 2018
A Texas federal judge has approved a class action settlement on behalf of a group of prisoners who argued exposure to extreme heat violated their constitutional rights, including the approval of $4.5 million in fees and expenses that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice agreed to pay class counsel.
July 20, 2017
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that Texas must provide relief from high summer temperatures for inmates at a geriatric and medical prison, granting a preliminary injunction to a certified class of prisoners suing the state over exposure to sweltering indoor temperatures, which they say violates their constitutional rights.
June 23, 2016
Texas must provide inmates at a geriatric and medical prison with drinking water that meets federal arsenic safety standards, a federal judge has ruled, granting a preliminary injunction to a certified class of prisoners suing the state over sweltering indoor temperatures they say violate their constitutional rights.