Fight the Deadly Heat in Texas Prisons

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Fight the Deadly Heat in Texas Prisons

initiated in August 2014
updated on February 14, 2023

Fourteen prisoners have died and conditions inside Texas prisons in the summer violate the Eighth’s Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.

We are calling on Texas prisoners to document the deliberate indifference that is the response of prison staff to these dangerous conditions. And people on the streets should file Ombudsman complaints via email.

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