Suit: Texas heat dangerous for elderly inmates

Published June 18, 2014 8:35pm ET



AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Advocacy groups on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit alleging that sick, elderly and disabled prisoners are being exposed to dangerous heat at an unair-conditioned Texas lockup.

The suit in a Houston-based federal court is on behalf of four inmates at the Wallace Pack Unit in Navasota, about 75 miles from Houston. All suffer from disabilities or medical conditions exacerbated by high temperatures.

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