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1. www.texastribune.org › texas-prisons-heat-deathsExtreme heat kills Texas inmates in un-air-conditioned units ...

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   Apr 22, 2024 · Texas inmates are being ‘cooked to death’ in extreme heat, complaint alleges. With the threat of another hot summer ahead, advocates asked a federal judge to declare 100-degree-plus...

   • Death toll in stifling Texas prisons climbs, Democrats seek ...

     At least 41 people have died in stifling, uncooled prisons...

2. www.texastribune.org › 2023/06/30 › texas-heat-waveEmergency room visits surge, Texans die ... - The Texas Tribune

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   Jun 30, 2023 · In sweltering Texas prisons, at least nine inmates, including two men in their 30s, have died of heart attacks or unknown causes in facilities that lack air conditioning.

3. www.texastribune.org › 21 › texas-prison-heat-deathsDeath toll in stifling Texas prisons climbs, Democrats seek ...

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   Aug 21, 2023 · At least 41 people have died in stifling, uncooled prisons of either heart-related or unknown causes during Texas’ relentless and record-breaking heat wave this summer, according to a Texas...

4. www.usatoday.com › story › newsTexas inmates are being cooked to death due to heat in ...

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   Apr 23, 2024 · A 2022 study by the JAMA Network found that "approximately 13% of deaths in Texas prisons during warm months between 2001 and 2019 may be attributable to extreme heat days." See a full breakdown:...

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5. www.nytimes.com › 2023/06/29 › usSurviving the Texas Heat in Prisons Without Air-Conditioning ...

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   Jun 29, 2023 · On the third day of 100-degree temperatures last week, locked without air-conditioning in a Texas prison north of Houston, Joseph Martire said he began to feel overwhelmed. His breathing grew...

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6. www.france24.com › en › live-newsExtreme heat another form of death sentence in Texas jails

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   Oct 2, 2024 · An advocacy organization is suing the US state of Texas to mandate air conditioning for tens of thousands of inmates, arguing that temperatures reaching 120 degrees Fahrenheit (49 Celsius),...

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   Does Texas have a heat-related death rate?

   • Although the state has not reported a heat-related death since 2012, researchers and inmates’ families dispute those statistics. A 2022 study found that 14 prison deaths per year were associated with heat. Last year, a Texas Tribune analysis found that at least 41 people had died in uncooled prisons during the state’s record-breaking heat wave.

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   How many people died in Texas' Heat Wave?

   • Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. At least 41 people have died in stifling, uncooled prisons of either heart-related or unknown causes during Texas’ relentless and record-breaking heat wave this summer, according to a Texas Tribune analysis.

   Death toll in stifling Texas prisons climbs, Democrats seek

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   Did a Texas prisoner die from heat?

   • The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says no prisoner has died from the brutal heat in its facilities since 2012, around the time the agency began being bombarded with wrongful death and civil rights lawsuits over the heat.

   Death toll in stifling Texas prisons climbs, Democrats seek

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   How many Texas inmate deaths are caused by heat?

   • The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, which runs the prisons, has not attributed any of the 32 inmate deaths recorded this month to excessive heat, and has not reported a heat-related death since 2012. Inmate advocates have questioned those statistics.

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   Can air-conditioners solve the heat death problem in Texas?

   • “The way to solve this problem would be to simply put the air-conditioners in,” said Amite Dominick, one of the authors of the 2022 heat death study and the founder of the group, Texas Prisons Community Advocates. “People are desperate.

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   How dangerous is the heat wave in Texas?

   • The weekslong June heat wave scorching Texas has been particularly brutal and dangerous inside the state’s sprawling prison system, where a majority of those incarcerated, and the guards who watch over them, have been struggling without air-conditioning.

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8. metro.co.uk › 2023/07/17 › first-death-from-recordUS heatwave: Texas records first death from record-breaking ...

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   Jul 18, 2023 · In Texas, authorities confirmed the first death related to the ongoing heatwave. Victor Ramos, a 67-year-old resident of Houston, was killed on June 24. On Friday, a medical examiner determined...