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Lack of AC chilling for TDCJ staffing efforts

The Dallas News published a story yesterday titled "Most Texas state prisons deal with summer heat without air conditioning," which reviews an issue that's all too familiar for most inmates and prison employees: Only 19 of 112 Texas state prisons are air-conditioned, leaving most of the state's 155,000 prisoners and those who guard them to face the summer heat with fans and primitive air-circulating systems. Prison officials say the 19 air-conditioned prisons are generally reserved for the sick and mentally ill. So far this year, nine inmates and seven prison employees have suffered heat-related illnesses. ... Up to 15,000 miniature electric fans are sold systemwide each year. The fans cost $22 each at the prison commissary, and "loaners" are provided to inmates deemed indigent...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 06, 2009 (boomark / email).