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Conditions in prisons during heat waves pose deadly threats to incarcerated people and prison staff

  • Written by J. Carlee Purdum, Research Assistant Professor, Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, Texas A&M University
imagePrisons in more than a dozen U.S. states are not fully air-conditioned. Leo Patrizi/Getty Images

Extreme heat is taking an increasing toll across the U.S. in summertime. People who are incarcerated are among society’s most vulnerable groups and have been especially affected.

More than a dozen states do not have air conditioning in all of their...

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