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Federal judge orders Texas to air-condition its prisons

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A federal judge ordered Texas to install air conditioning in all its prisons. The ruling stated that keeping inmates in facilities without cooling violates their constitutional rights.

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Texas to install air conditioning in all of its prisons, saying that inmates in lockups without it are being given punishments that violate their constitutional rights.

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