Federal judge orders Texas to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029

Just out of college I didn’t know what I wanted to do, so I took a job at a prison near Phoenix AZ. It was outdoors, the cells had no AC. In a 10 hour shift in 115 (46c) degree weather I would go through 1.5 gallons (5.6 liters) of water. Every single day at least one inmate would pass out from the heat. At least they got heat for the winter.

Thankfully I left all that behind a long time ago. Though I just checked and they still don’t have AC.

There is a fairly famous quote: “The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons” - Fyodor Dostoevsky

Director Lumpkin should be criminally responsible for these conditions and deaths he has been indifferent to.

The US needs to get over this whole ‘punishment’ view of prison. It either a social-safety quarantine, or a rehabilitation

The only truly endless resource is man's inhumanity to his fellow man.

May we teach our children the only thing that truly matters is how we regard the dignity of people.

I find most successful Americans I meet are so self-obsessed they are left with an incredibly low capacity for empathy for those in lower classes than them. Wild how they think they are so different than Nazis.

I don't understand why Texas voters support such inhumane conditions. All these "Christians" who support this kind of cruel punishment need to have a "come to Jesus" moment, literally.