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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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[–] DokPsy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

He hasn't stood up for the citizens of the state much less anything else since that lawsuit he won against the tree. Then removed the loophole that won him the lawsuit the second he could.