Critics argue that the lockdown will only exacerbate the already-dire conditions in the state's prisons.
The scalding heat has driven some Texas prisoners toto stay cool, according to testimony recently provided to TDCJ officials.
Jessica Dickerson, treasurer of Texas Prisons Community Advocates , said many of the TDCJ's heat mitigation policies can't function without appropriate staff."And we've already had so many deaths this summer because TDCJ's heat-mitigation policies cannot function without the appropriate staff." “Over the last few years, there has been a significant increase in paper soaked in K2 or methamphetamines coming into our facilities,” TDCJ said in a media statement.
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