Impacts Photo by Larry Farr on Unsplash 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.
Newsletter Photo by Larry Farr on Unsplash 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.”
en.wikipedia.org Edison Ariel Ortiz: Sweltering days in a Georgia prison without air conditioning Only 25% of the state’s prisons have universal cooling systems, causing unsustainable and inhumane conditions, even heat-related deaths.
Politicscommons.wikimedia.org Deteriorating prisons are making flood risks worse As the climate crisis fuels bigger storms, deteriorating prisons are making flood risks worse.
Impactsen.m.wikipedia.org 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.
Impactsplay icon therealnews.com 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.
Solutions www.nytimes.com 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.
Podcast: Climate change forces Iraq’s farmers to abandon ancestral land amid extreme heat and water scarcity
