Judge Pitman orders full prison AC installation by Dec. 31, 2029
1 Sep 22 · 6d ago · 11 articles · 4 posts · 4 sources · development 1 of 2
Pitman's 150-page order requires TDCJ to immediately create and implement a plan to air condition every Texas prison, with installation completed no later than Dec. 31, 2029; the agency says compliance could cost $1.5 billion. Only about a third of the system's 104 facilities were fully air conditioned as of Sept. 1.
“In the face of clear evidence of risk — including ongoing injuries, deaths, and suffering every summer — Director Lumpkin's failure to enact a meaningful, committed plan to install air-conditioning on the timeline that TDCJ has repeatedly indicated is possible is deliberate indifference.”
U.S. District Judge Robert PitmanRobert Pitman U.S. District JudgeBobby Lumpkin Director, Texas Department of Criminal JusticeMarci Marie Simmons Plaintiff, previously incarcerated personTexas Department of Criminal Justice State prison agency and defendant
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first by Mastodon, 6d ago · also The New York Times, Bloomberg Law News, HuffPost, NY Post, Orlando Sentinel, Mercury News +1
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- Federal Judge Orders Texas to Air-Condition Its Prisons The New York Times · 6d ago
- Texas Must Add AC to All Prisons by End of 2029, Judge Orders Bloomberg Law News · 6d ago
- Judge Orders Texas to Air Condition All State Prisons by 2029 NewsMax.com · 6d ago
- Judge Orders Texas Prisons To Install Air Conditioning By 2029 HuffPost · 6d ago
- Judge orders all Texas prisons to have air conditioning by 2029 NY Post · 6d ago
- Judge orders Texas to have air conditioning at all prisons by end of 2029 Orlando Sentinel · 6d ago
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first by HN Frontpage, 4d ago · also The Texas Tribune
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A federal judge has ordered Texas to air condition all of the state’s prisons by the end of 2029. Just over a third of Texas prisons are fully air conditioned.
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