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Texas bills requiring air-conditioned prisons languish despite temperatures being ruled unconstitutional
THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – A week after a federal judge declared hot conditions ... a lawyer for the plaintiffs who sued Bryan Collier, the prison agency’s executive director. Pitman declined to ...
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Texas bills requiring air-conditioned prisons languish despite temperatures being ruled unconstitutional
A week after a federal judge declared hot conditions in Texas prisons unconstitutional ... a lawyer for the plaintiffs who sued Bryan Collier, the prison agency’s executive director.
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Texas bills requiring air-conditioned prisons languish despite temperatures being ruled unconstitutional
The five bills that would require complete air conditioning in state prisons haven’t had a hearing yet, and the money set for the upgrades falls short of the ...
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Judge says extreme heat in Texas prisons is unconstitutional but doesn't order they install AC
(AP Photo/LM Otero, File) AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal ... Director Bryan Collier has acknowledged that heat was a factor in three deaths from multiple causes in 2023, and that prison staff ...
The unauthorized profile of Charlie Javice, the millennial founder convicted of swindling JPMorgan to the tune of $175 million
Javice hustled all her life, all the way to a deal to sell her startup Frank to the world’s biggest bank. Then it all fell ...
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Despite Texas defendant’s death in Louisiana prison, lawmakers unlikely to end reliance on out-of-state lockups
One year after Harris County criminal defendant Jaleen Anderson died in a Louisiana prison, some Texas ... block of jail beds available in Texas,” said Billy Bryan, former president of the ...
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Amid federal funding cuts, North Texas food pantries see rising demand — and budget gaps
Bryan Downer ... Last year, Texas surpassed California in food insecurity, although half of the residents who struggle to buy food don’t qualify for federal assistance such as the Supplemental ...
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Authorities say 'serial bank robber' sentenced to nine years in federal prison
Acting U.S. Attorney Sara Bloom said a Rhode Island man, who was previously incarcerated for bank robberies, was sentenced to nine years in prison for robbing four banks. According to federal ...