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Texas inmates sue for relief from prison cells that ‘hold heat in like a parked car’
Texas prisoners have sued (again) to force the state’s Department of Criminal Justice to bring temperatures in their cells down to 88 degrees or less. Most people would probably consider the high 80′s to be uncomfortably hot, but the federal lawsuit — filed on behalf of four inmates at a facility that houses ill, geriatric and disabled prisoners — alleges that the status quo is far worse.
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Imagine being stuck in a hot car BUT you can't just open the door and leave.