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Federal judge orders Texas to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029

120 points · 202 comments · bonefishgrill

zamadatix · 1790269744 · focus · HN ↗
Director Lumpkin should be criminally responsible for these conditions and deaths he has been indifferent to.
1. 0xDEAFBEAD · 1790270553 · focus · HN ↗
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  1. anigbrowl · 1790271850 · focus · HN ↗
    Nobody in Europe is being forbidden access to heat mitigation with force. Spare us this obvious conservative propaganda.
    0xDEAFBEAD · 1790273441 · focus · HN ↗
    We have a situation where about ~1000x as many people are dying in Europe as in Texas prisons. For ideological reasons, people prefer to focus on the Texas prison deaths. I'd call that propaganda.
    Imagine a working-class European who needs to work in a building without A/C, and live in an apartment without A/C. The landlord/owners' association/municipality is de facto blocking A/C installation. How, exactly, is the situation so different?
    Tens of thousands of Europeans are dying. But at least they are "voluntary" deaths--if you use the word "voluntary" sufficiently creatively.
    European prisons aren't so great either. There is little evidence they have more A/C than Texas prisons: <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-08-07/heatwaves-expose-overcrowding-crisis-in-europes-ageing-prisons" rel="nofollow">https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-08-07/heatwa...
    anigbrowl · 1790311948 · focus · HN ↗
    You are so full of it.
    <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/european-countries-work-regulations-heat-conditions-2026-06-24/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/european-countr...
    0xDEAFBEAD · 1790340405 · focus · HN ↗
    So why are so many Europeans dying?
    Also, these measures kinda look similar to what exists in Texas prisons without A/C...

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