Without air conditioning, America’s prisons can be unbearable — and sometimes deadly

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By Nathalie BaptisteAug 14, 2017, 7:03 pm141 pts
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Quintero Jones was an inmate at the McConnell Unit in Beeville, Texas. One day, when the outdoor temperature had reached 98 degrees and humidity made it feel like 110, the 36-year-old…

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