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Heat is killing Texas prisoners, and state leaders won't shell out for AC (www.motherjones.com)

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He is also the reason Texas has spent the past two years fighting a federal lawsuit, brought by Tiede, over air conditioning in its prisons. And this spring, right before trial, the state’s own heat-tracking system did for him what it’s done for tens of thousands of other people: nothing. Officials removed him from the case, successfully arguing before the court that a policy update meant he’d now get priority for a cool bed on account of his current age: 67. They got that result due to a state formula for determining who gets air conditioning. Not the diabetes. Not the hypertension. A number.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm surprised they don't care about people dying, that's less money for the for-profit prisons. Maybe they just lie like a meth addict and say they're still alive to get those checks.

[–] username123@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They’re expecting a good uptick in slave count now that they’ve upped the prison time required for THC across the board (180 days for under 1 gram, for example).

[–] Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

That's only for hemp derived thc. Black market flower isn't hemp derived so it still falls under the state laws for regular cannabis which changes from city to city iirc. Some places it's decriminalized with a fine.

[–] meowmeow@quokk.au 2 points 2 weeks ago

I’ve known more Texans that lied than meth addicts.