This litigation illustrates how modern legalism fails us. A prison that kills inmates every year through heat is inhumane and the very definition of cruel and unusual punishment. Yet, the tests used to analyze 8A claims obfuscate and complicate that fundamental truth.
@phillewis.bsky.socialA federal judge has ordered Texas to air condition all of the state’s prisons by the end of 2029
High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled.
texastribune.org
Texas ordered to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029
High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled. Just over a third of Texas prisons are fully air conditioned.
