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Formerly incarcerated women won a lawsuit requiring Texas to air-condition all prisons by 2029

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The nonprofit Lioness Justice Impacted Women's Alliance, founded in 2022 by formerly incarcerated women, won a federal lawsuit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman ruled that Texas must air-condition all prisons by the end of 2029, citing the state's heat indexes exceeding 130 degrees and rough 88,697 incarcerated people in unairconditioned units as of summer 2026.

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The ruling requires compliance by end of 2029; implementation remains ahead.

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