“It is likely that there are many more heat-related injuries and deaths than TDCJ has acknowledged because hyperthermia is known to be an underreported cause of #death...”

New plaintiffs have expanded a 2023 lawsuit against TDCJ, accusing the agency of “cooking [prisoners] to death”. From Staff Writer Michelle Pitcher: https://www.texasobserver.org/prison-heat-lawsuit-tdcj/

#news #politics #USpol #prison #HumanRights #Texas

'There Have to Be Limits': Lawsuit Urges Scorching Prisons to Cool Down ‘There Have to Be Limits’: Lawsuit Urges Scorching Prisons to Cool Down

^{Michelle Pitcher (The Texas Observer)}