Texas appeals order requiring prison air conditioning, saying it puts operations at risk #Texas #PrisonReform #AirConditioning #HumanRights #TDCJ

#TDCJ & other state systems use digital mail policies to limit our efforts toward community across #prison walls. Read “Abandon All Connection, Ye Who Enter Here: Digitized Prison Mail as Repression & Surveillance” by Casper Cendre @scalawagmagazine.bsky.social

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A federal judge has ordered TDCJ to install permanent AC throughout the Texas prison system by Dec. 31, 2029.

TDCJ's estimate cited by the court: ≈$1.5B.

First court-ordered progress report: March 22, 2027.

Now follow the money, contracts and construction.

#Texas #TDCJ