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Even prison should be without "cruel and unusual punishment", with emphasis on "cruel". For example, letting prisoners die in extreme heat is cruelty on its fac
by javajosh 5y ago
Even prison should be without "cruel and unusual punishment", with emphasis on "cruel". For example, letting prisoners die in extreme heat is cruelty on its face. John Oliver had a thing on this recently[1]. Looks like Texas has done the minimal thing, which is effectively nothing [2].
1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fiRDJLjL94 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fiRDJLjL94
2 - https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/14/texas-prison-air-conditioning-legislature/ https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/14/texas-prison-air-con...