Texas prisons seek $298 million for air conditioning. That’s a fraction of what’s needed.

Texas prisons seek $298 million for air conditioning, a fraction of what’s needed.

Texas’ prison agency has asked the Legislature for $298 million over the next two years to add more than 15,700 air conditioned beds, saying the request will help deliver “significant

Texas Prisons Seek $298 Million for Air Conditioning

Texas prisons seek $298 million for air conditioning. That’s a fraction of what’s needed.

Inmate advocates are less enthused, calling the budget request a sign of “deliberate indifference” to deadly conditions that will require an estimated $1.5 billion to correct.

Texas prisons seek $298 million to air condition hot lockups

It would cost $1.5 billion to fully cool all prisons, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice estimates.