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August 24, 2016 07:55 am PDT
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As America's temperatures soar, prisoners are dropping dead
Most states have no maximum temperature standards for their prisons: combine that with a succession of hottest-months-on-record and a prison system that provides less water than is medically recommended even when it's not hotter than blazes, and you've got a carceral state that is roasting prisoners alive. (more…)
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