Texas Inmates are Being ‘Cooked to Death’ in Extreme Heat, Complaint Alleges

Telford prison on Tuesday, March 21, 2017, in New Boston. Credit: Shelby Knowles for The Texas Tribune

April signaled the beginning of blistering heat for much of Texas. And while the summer heat is uncomfortable for many, it can be deadly for the people incarcerated in Texas’ prison system where temperatures regularly reach triple digits.With another sweltering summer likely ahead, prison rights advocates on Monday filed a ...

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