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” […]
Author Archives: Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune
Alex Nguyen is a Columbia-Institute for Nonprofit News reporting fellow.
