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| Officials want things to stay cool in jail |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 08/15/2006 |
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PROVO, UT- Utah County officials are considering upgrading the jail's air conditioning to better handle the peak temperature periods. Sheriff Jim Tracy said the jail has an evaporative, or swamp, cooler and a fresh air vent, ''and those two work pretty well unless it gets over 100 or it's very humid.'' Tracy said the aim is not to coddle prisoners, but jail officers and staff also have to work there, and excessive heat can create an unsafe environment. ''It tends to shorten fuses and make them irritable when they're hot,'' the sheriff said. ''We're trying to rectify that problem.'' County officials also do not want to re-create this situation in the 400-bed jail expansion that's now under construction...Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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