According to a new study led by researchers at Brown University's School of Public Health, as climate change continues to increase the severity, frequency, and duration of heat waves, the approximately 160,000 people in Texas prisons - as well as those who work in these settings - face intense physical duress in prisons without climate controls.
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The U.S. has the world's largest population of prisoners, and Texas holds more incarcerated people than any other state. As climate change continues to increase the severity, frequency and duration of heat waves, the approximately 160,000 individuals in Texas prisons -; as well as the people who work in these settings -; come under intense physical duress in prisons without climate controls, according to a new study led by researchers at Brown University's School of Public Health.