The lawsuit says the lack of air conditioning in prisons amounts to "cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth ...

A lawsuit filed this week by the prison reform advocacy group Florida Justice Institute says that extreme heat in ...

Jean Wilfred, 70, enjoys a bottle of water as the outreach team from the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust hands out bottles of water ...

The Federal Reserve cut its key rate on Thursday — one of many factors that will decide what kind of economy Americans ...

Yet the majority of incarcerated individuals in sweltering Florida are serving their sentences in cells that don't have air conditioning, even as the state's rising temperatures continue to break ...

After what was a disappointing legislative session for prison reform advocates, Florida inmates are still sitting in cells without air-conditioning — and advocates Thursday filed a federal class ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — It was the hottest September in more than a century in parts of South Florida, and Dwayne Wilson could hear his 81-year-old fellow inmate gasping for breath and crying ...

Prisoners Plead for Air Conditioning in Lawsuit Against Florida Corrections Department TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — It was the hottest September in more than a century in parts of South Florida ...