Today I published my last story for The Texas Newsroom @KUTNews.
We analyzed years of data from Texas prisons w/o AC and found — more often than not — temps would violate standards for county jails.
Jails must keep temps between 65-85°. State prisons don’t.
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Many Texas prisons are regularly topping 90 degrees. The state is about to defend itself in court.
A new comprehensive analysis of state data shows Texas prisons get so hot in summer that temperatures there would routinely violate state standards for other types of lockups. The state will be back i...
