

This is approximately a 30-fold increase in heat-attributed deaths when compared with estimates in the US population." "We found that 13% of mortality during warm months may be attributable to extreme heat in prisons without air conditioning in Texas.

Provision of Air Conditioning and Heat-Related Mortality in Texas Prisons."We hope these stories provoke deep thinking about what is going on behind all those fortress walls, to these invisible fellow Americans, and then compel you to demand both accountability for the FBOP and change in how we incarcerate in this country." More than Our Crimes and Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs. Voices from Within the Federal Bureau of Prisons:Ī System Designed to Silence and Dehumanize,.(We find that the program led to large and sustained reductions in reports of STAR-related offenses (disorderly conduct, substance use) in treated precincts, while unrelated offenses over the treatment period changed little in those same police precincts.) A community response approach to mental health and substance abuse crises reduced crime.
