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Extreme Heat and Cold Inside US Prisons
Original: From Sweltering Cells to Frigid Tents: The Extreme Temperatures of Incarceration
The Marshall Project reports on how incarcerated people in the United States are exposed to dangerous temperature extremes, from overheated cells in summer to freezing tents and poorly heated units in winter. The reporting highlights gaps in climate control, ventilation and policy across prison systems, and the health risks inmates face as heat waves and cold snaps become more severe.
Why now: Extreme weather events are drawing renewed attention to prison conditions and inmates' health and safety.
The Marshall ProjectUS prison system
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- From Sweltering Cells to Frigid Tents: The Extreme Temperatures of Incarceration · The Marshall Project
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