TribFest 2025 is presented by JPMorganChase. Correction, July 17, 2025 at 11:24 a.m. : A previous version of this story incorrectly spelled the name of TDCJ's executive director. He is Bryan Collier.

Bryan Collier, executive director of TDCJ, has repeatedly called adding air conditioning to Texas’ prisons his top priority. However, Collier has never committed the agency to a definitive ...