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In California, climate chaos looms over prisons — and thousands of prisoners — in a lake bed

How decades-old decisions to build two California prisons in a dry lake bed and a chaotic climate left 8,000 incarcerated people at risk.
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Suicide watch incidents in Louisiana prisons spike by nearly a third on extreme heat days, new study finds

"Prison is stressful enough, and then you add this layer of heat that people are powerless to escape.”
Deteriorating prisons are making flood risks worse

Deteriorating prisons are making flood risks worse

As the climate crisis fuels bigger storms, deteriorating prisons are making flood risks worse.
Wildfires are threatening prisons. Who will save the people inside?

Wildfires are threatening prisons. Who will save the people inside?

With larger and more intense fires wreaking havoc, incarcerated people and their loved ones are kept in the dark on evacuation plans.

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Mass incarceration is an environmental justice issue, and vice versa

Prisoners in the United States are forced to drink contaminated water, breathe poor quality air, and live on or near land full of hazardous materials. These experts say that this must change.
The ‘hidden punishment’ of prison food
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The ‘hidden punishment’ of prison food

In Maine, inmates are growing vegetables and making meals from scratch to replace the deadly diets they have long been served.
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