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Texas diverts $359.6 million from prisons to keep Greg Abbott’s border mission operating

The latest infusion was among $874.6 million in “emergency” budget transfers requested by the Texas Legislative Budget Board, which is composed of GOP state leaders and budget writers.

The Texas Tribune

“It’s a living hell”: Scorching heat in Texas prisons revives air-conditioning debate

Texas heat has killed prisoners and cost the state millions in wrongful death and civil rights lawsuits. Prison rights advocates hope a budget surplus next year will finally push lawmakers to invest in air conditioning.

The Texas Tribune

"So No Damages for Past Injury, Due to Immunity—and no Injunction to Stop Future Injury, Due to Mootness"

An interesting concurrence by Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho.

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Escaped Texas inmate dead after being linked to 5 slayings, authorities say

Officials in Central Texas said late Thursday that an escaped inmate serving a life sentence for murder was dead.

Tribune News Service

Four children and an adult found dead in home near to where prisoner escaped

Convicted murderer Gonzalo Lopez has been shot dead police believe he may be linked to the deaths of four children and an adult at a home near to where he escaped

Daily Mirror

Escaped Texas prisoner suspected of killing 2 adults, 3 children

FORT WORTH, Texas — The man who authorities said escaped law enforcement custody May 12 by stabbing a bus driver after getting out of his shackles is now suspected of murdering five people, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced.

Tribune News Service

Convicted killer on the run in Texas after stabbing guard and escaping during prison transfer

A huge manhunt is now underway to find Gonzalo Lopez, a 46-year-old convicted of capital murder

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