Tag Archives: New data shows Texas prisons top 100 degrees as lawmakers debate A/C in state lockups

AUSTIN — The indoor temperature at least 15 state-run jails and prisons exceeded 100 degrees last summer, according to data obtained by The Dallas Morning News. The heat was worst at a handful of units. The Stevenson Unit in DeWitt County was the hottest that month, with 12 days in three figure digits. Inmates at two units in Falls and Taylor counties experienced …

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