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Federal judge rules prison heat conditions are unconstitutional, but doesn’t require air conditioning

About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

Prison staff and inmates move through the Darrington Unit's main hallway on Wednesday, July 12, 2017.

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