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52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours ago

Judge orders Texas to have air conditioning at all prisons by end of 2029

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Judge orders Texas to have air conditioning at all prisons by end of 2029

www.orlandosentinel.com

52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours ago
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“These are not humane conditions,” the judge wrote.
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  • anon_8675309@lemmy.world
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    They’ll put a single unit in the wardens office.

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    I fully expect this to be overturned by the Supreme Court, with the ruling determining that HVAC was not specifically mentioned in the constitution.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      HVAC does not appear in the Bible either.

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        Neither do guns but Conservatives seem to think Jesus was armed

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          Have you ever seen the abs on crucified Jesus? He definitely had guns

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          And that he was White… And right…

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    Not so much to help the inmates but someone in power has a good buddy that sells air conditioners. /s

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    Do, uh … do all Texas schools have air conditioning yet?

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      Yeah, schools are terrified of lawsuits.

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    should order them to have electricity too

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    There goes the power grid again …

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      If this is enough to become a power grid problem, Texas needs to ask itself, “Why do we have so many people in prison?”

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      Isn’t most of Texas in prison?

    • arrow74@lemmy.zip
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      Should be fine, most outages are during the winter.

      Prices are a different thing though

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      Bro what

      There goes someone someone trying to be humane.* With human people. Which should have already been done.

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        Agree 100%. I’m not ragging on the judge, it should have been in place, it’s the lack of planning around the power grid. Maybe my comment was flippant, but you’re not wrong.

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          Ah my b, I prolly shoulda just asked for clarification

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            Nah, you’re good, I was being flippant lol

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          I thought you were meaning they’d kill the power to the prisons to keep the required HVAC from being able to run.

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        Wait until the next judge orders to have the prisons run the air conditioning at resonable temperatures by 2039…
        I dearly hope my cynic comment ages like milk.

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          Sadly I don’t see the incentive for a for-profit torture trap to spend potential profit on energy bills to avoid torturing people.

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            They will if they stand to miss out on money if they fail to do it. That basic level of incentives is all that works at this point

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      Coupled with solar, in Texas when there is a need for airco…. Should be ok :)

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