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Jul 19, 2023 · CNN — Children in the custody of Louisiana’s Office of Juvenile Justice being held in a former death row building at an adult prison are suffering dangerous heat conditions and routine isolation...
Jul 4, 2024 · Amid blistering summer temperatures, a federal judge ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation, saying they face “substantial risk of injury or death.” The state immediately appealed the decision.
Jul 18, 2023 · The document cited weather data indicating outside heat-index values at the prison in a remote part of southeast Louisiana regularly surpassed 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) and sometimes 130 degrees F (54 degrees C).
Jul 30, 2024 · As scorching temperatures sweep across the country again this week, one group of Americans is living day-to-day with limited air conditioning and few options for staying cool: the 2 million men...
Jul 3, 2024 · Amid blistering summer temperatures, a federal judge ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation,...
Jul 28, 2024 · Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., sits on 18,000 acres where prisoners have toiled on the same farm lines as enslaved men and women did, often without shade, adequate work breaks...
A federal judge has ordered the state of Louisiana to change the Farm Line program at Louisiana State Penitentiary when temperatures are 88 degrees Fahrenheit or hotter to keep inmates safe...
