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Climate Change Turning Prisons Into Deadly Heat Traps
Original: Climate Change Is Turning Prisons Full of Human Beings Into Industrial-Scale Air Fryers
Climate change is making extreme heat inside prisons a serious humanitarian concern, with reports describing incarcerated people enduring dangerous, furnace-like conditions as temperatures rise. Commentators are highlighting how prisons often lack air conditioning and how heat waves are putting prisoners' health and lives at risk, prompting calls for reform and better climate protections behind bars.
Why now: Extreme summer heat is renewing concern over the lack of cooling and climate protections for incarcerated people.
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- Climate Change Is Turning Prisons Full of Human Beings Into Industrial-Scale Air Fryers · futurism.com
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