STATE NEWS
After lawsuit, Texas plans to install air conditioning in a stifling prison
Inmates at the Pack Unit prison outside College Station argued in federal court that they should be housed in a maximum of 88 degrees. On Friday, the state agreed to bring air conditioning to the facility.
By JOLIE MCCULLOUGH, The Texas Tribune
Posted 2/4/18
The state of Texas plans to install air conditioning in a notoriously hot prison after reaching a settlement with inmates in a federal class action lawsuit, an attorney for the inmates said …
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