NEW: Someone asked the state to release temperature logs taken at its prisons. Some of the logs didn't exist or were defaced by staff.
So the logs were fabricated.
Those are the findings of an internal agency investigation. I got a copy.
https://www.kut.org/crime-justice/2025-03-21/texas-prison-jail-investigation-heat-hot-false-falsified #txlege #TDCJ
So the logs were fabricated.
Those are the findings of an internal agency investigation. I got a copy.
https://www.kut.org/crime-justice/2025-03-21/texas-prison-jail-investigation-heat-hot-false-falsified #txlege #TDCJ
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They help the warden decide when conditions are dangerous for inmates and staff. Also, they're part of a federal lawsuit against the Texas prison agency.
The judge is mulling whether to require Texas prisons have A/C. https://www.kut.org/crime-justice/2025-03-21/texas-prison-jail-investigation-heat-hot-false-falsified #txlege