Texas’ prison agency has asked the Legislature for $298 million over the next two years to add more than 15,700 air conditioned beds, saying the request will help deliver “significant and measurable progress” toward addressing dangerous summer heat in state lockups. Inmate advocates are less enthused, calling the budget request a sign of “deliberate indifference” […]
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Texas prisons seek $298 million for air conditioning. That’s a fraction of what’s needed.
It would cost $1.5 billion to fully cool all prisons, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice estimates.