‘It’s torture’: brutal heat broils Texas prisons, killing dozens of inmates - eviltoast
Legal action aims to force criminal justice department to air condition prisons, where 85,000 are at risk of heat illnesses
  • Crisps@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    This is only local jails, which makes sense as people are waiting trial then move on to long term prison.

    • 31337@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      In my local county (in Texas), there was a guy in jail for 5 years without trial (I think he’s going in 6 years without trial, but a go-fund-me paid his bail last year), and 2 years in jail without trial is not uncommon.