Study: Extreme heat is driving deaths in US prisons

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By Alleen BrownMar 1, 2023, 7:00 pm97 pts
Extreme heat is killing people in prisons across the United States, according to a new study published in the academic journal PLOS ONE. The research provides some of the first epidemiological evidence of the link between the climate crisis and prison mortality in the nation with the highest incarceration…

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