State inmates lack relief from dangerously high heat djournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from djournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A year after air conditioning came to Parchman, most of Mississippi s prisons are still without relief from the heat wjtv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wjtv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
One year after air conditioning installation began at Mississippi’s oldest and largest prison, incarcerated people in the State Penitentiary at Parchman’s Unit 29 and other prisons are still without relief from sweltering heat as funding dictates when air conditioning can be installed. “You got to picture how hot it is. We’re in nothing but brick [.]
According to the World Population Review, about 33 percent of inmates in Mississippi return to prison within three years of release, most of whom have never completed high school. The Mississippi. | May 3, 2023