Texas says no inmates have died due to stifling heat in its prisons since 2012. Some data may suggest otherwise
Texas says no inmates have died due to stifling heat in its prisons since 2012. Some data may suggest otherwise
State officials say there haven't been any since 2012. But two studies appear to suggest otherwise.
A heat wave that has consistently pushed temperatures well above 100 degrees across much of Texas this summer had family members of inmates on Tuesday calling for lawmakers to ensure that all of the state's prisons are fully air conditioned.
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From the discussions I've had, most Texans want the prisons to be torture facilities.
The constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment is a joke in most of the country, but Texas takes it as a personal challenge.
I truly don’t understand why most of my fellow Texans feel that way. I’d be much more interested in a system that takes efforts to honestly rehabilitate folks, rather than simply punish them for wrongdoing.
Racism
Most people haven't spoken to anyone who's been through the prison system. They have no idea what it's like and what a good prison system looks like.
Because they believe that people end up in prison because of personal moral and character flaws, and they consider that a desirable state of affairs.
Because they're awful people.
Also says a LOT about the how the "justice" system works that cruelty is just fine as long as it's not unusual, even if that usual cruelty is literal torture.
Shit, the Constitution even says slavery is ok if it's used as a punishment. That's literally baked into the amendment they passed to outlaw slavery.
Yup! And exceptionalist dunces claim that the US saved the world from slavery 🤦