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| Report recommends A/C for Texas prisoners |
| By houstonchronicle.com- Mike Ward and Lauren McGaughy |
| Published: 04/22/2014 |
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AUSTIN - Texas prisons are so hot during summers that convicts and guards are broiling in conditions that are dangerous, unconstitutional and violate international human rights accords, a new study warns. The report by the University of Texas Law School's Human Rights Clinic recommends that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice should air-condition the 109 state-run prisons and take immediate steps to ensure that temperatures this summer do not exceed 85 degrees, a standard advocated in several court decisions in other states. The clinic's recommendation is expected to draw controversy in a state that has never been known for treating its prisoners too well and could fuel new lawsuits in addition to the six pending over eight heat-related deaths in Texas' prisons - many of them in East Texas - in the past three years. Read More. |
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