Date uploaded: 2022-09-12 16:55:33

At least 44 U.S. states don't universally air condition their prisons, and with summer temperatures rising due to climate change, inmates are getting sick and dying. Quintero Jones was one of them. He died on a 98-degree day in Texas, and it felt hotter in his prison cell. While some things have changed in Texas prisons since then, advocates say it's not enough. Swipe to read more about an issue that’s on track to worsen as more states face hotter weather during the summer, and prisons wrestle with being ill-equipped as inmates suffer. Click the link in our bio for the full story.