Create account

Coverage dated October 12, 2026 to October 13, 2026

Texas appeals order requiring air conditioning in all prisons

Headline from FOX 4 Dallas

Texas has appealed a federal court's ruling that would require all state prisons to be air conditioned by the end of 2029. The state's attorneys also asked U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman to suspend his order during the appeal process, citing old prison designs and a high inmate population as "obs…

FOX 4 Dallas's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Read the reports

Reports & sources

4 articles, oldest first.

  1. Texas Tribune

    Texas appeals order requiring prison air conditioning, saying it puts operations at risk (opens Texas Tribune)

    Published

    Texas Tribune's feed description

    TDCJ, which estimates climate control will cost $1.5 billion, said the federal judge’s order imposes “chaos and confusion” on the country’s largest prison system.

  2. FOX 4 Dallas

    Texas appeals order requiring air conditioning in all prisons (opens FOX 4 Dallas)

    Published

    FOX 4 Dallas's feed description

    Texas has appealed a federal court's ruling that would require all state prisons to be air conditioned by the end of 2029. The state's attorneys also asked U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman to suspend his order during the appeal process, citing old prison designs and a high inmate population as "obs…

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

Texas appeals order requiring air conditioning in all prisons | Since Then