'It's like you're standing over a grill all day.' Texas inmates struggle to stay cool in prisons during heat waves, where temperatures reach as high as 115 degrees | via TPRNews
A deadly heat wave continues across the Southwest, and an often forgotten group of people affected are prisoners.
He explained that he goes to bed drenched in sweat every night and wakes up drenched every day. Throughout the day, he tries to stay cool by dousing himself in water. That would be a safety violation for a county jail, which mandates temperatures remain below 85 degrees.June temperature readings at TDCJ facilities with unaircontitioned housing reveal that the state was overwhelmingly in excess of 85 degrees and often over 90 and 100 . While this would be a safety violation in a jail, no regulation exists for the state prison system.
Don Aldaco spent 14 years in several Texas prisons without air conditioning. He said he believes the temperatures at the Ferguson Unit's third and fourth floors easily exceeded 150 degrees. “I've been able to go outside when it's 120, 115 with the heat index. And I get in my car, and it's hot. It's extremely hot. That's nothing compared to being in prison,” he said.
"Their excuse for everything is the staff. We're not getting showers — you might get to shower once or twice a week. You might go to recreation once or twice a week. You get cold water once or twice today, and the excuse always is staff, staff, staff,” he said.
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