silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 9 months agoPrisoners in Texas and Florida face biggest risk of increasingly deadly heat | Almost 45% of detention facilities on US mainland suffered rise in hazardous heat days between 1982 and 2020, study sayswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down11
arrow-up161arrow-down1external-linkPrisoners in Texas and Florida face biggest risk of increasingly deadly heat | Almost 45% of detention facilities on US mainland suffered rise in hazardous heat days between 1982 and 2020, study sayswww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months agoUS prisons are incredibly deadly places even in cool areas. The right way to cut prison populations is to sharply reduce sending people there.
minus-squareSoupBrick@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-29 months agoAgreed. But that would decrease the profit and govt funding, so not really a viable option for them. Remember, human life is only there to profit off of.
US prisons are incredibly deadly places even in cool areas. The right way to cut prison populations is to sharply reduce sending people there.
Agreed. But that would decrease the profit and govt funding, so not really a viable option for them. Remember, human life is only there to profit off of.