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The Texas Jail Project Blanket Drive, January 2008

By "Persian Cowboy"

Cold cells, no blankets. Despite state law, that's the reality for many inmates in Texas county jails, like the seven below. Illness and depression are the results. Help us buy a fellow human being a blanket and send a message: keeping people cold is cruel.Details of the blanket drive follow the quotes.1. Angelina County"My son is pretty tough but he said the cells are kept ridiculously cold, and they are not given adequate cover for sleeping."2. Burleson County Jail"My girlfriend is at the cnty. jail. The problem is that the temp. is at about 55 degrees....and she and the rest are freezing cold." 3. Cameron County Jail"Since I wasn't suffering like the others, they would try to take the sweatshirt away every chance they had so that I could suffer too...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on January 23, 2008 (boomark / email).