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At a Capitol hearing, the Texas prison system's director said exceptions in construction requirements allowed for the cost decrease.| The Texas Tribune
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Inmates at the Pack Unit prison outside College Station argued in federal court that they should be housed in a maximum of 88 degrees. On Friday, the state agreed to bring air conditioning to the facility.| The Texas Tribune
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Most Texas prisons remain un-air conditioned, but a federal judge's ruling Wednesday called conditions at one prison cruel and unusual and ordered temporary air conditioning for heat-sensitive inmates.| The Texas Tribune
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A recent in-custody death report said an inmate died from hyperthermia in July, but Texas prison officials said he was in an air-conditioned cell.| The Texas Tribune
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