Prison air conditioning is coming too slowly for those who need it most

Grist
By Alleen BrownSep 1, 2022, 10:45 am164 pts
“We are basically sitting in an oven, slow-cooking,” said Demetrius Cotchery, who is incarcerated in Alabama’s Childersburg Community Work Center, a prison that lacks air conditioning despite outdoor temperatures that hover above 90 degrees Fahrenheit in summer. “People are very, very agitated because…

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