tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630549088477801182.post4171249402173915851..comments2023-04-27T03:36:40.489-04:00Comments on Sex Crimes & Offenders as to Americans w/ Disabilities & the Elderly: Federal judge orders Texas prison system to provide cooled quarters for heat-sensitive inmateseAdvocatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09569822127629044435noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5630549088477801182.post-59716509067071061292017-07-28T15:34:56.763-04:002017-07-28T15:34:56.763-04:00Providing adequate cooling and ventilation to pris...Providing adequate cooling and ventilation to prisoners is not a "soft on crime" provision. It is humane and does not stray from common sense, especially for elderly, disable or pregnant prisoners. People are sent to prison AS punishment; not FOR punishment. Clearly, the Federal Judge is correct in his analysis that prison units must be designed and/or made capable of providing cooling that is consistent with modern industrial techniques for commercial buildings. Middle Ground Prison Reform, a prisoner advocacy organization located in Arizona since 1983 is quite familiar with the tragedies that can occur when prisoners are (literally) tortured in the heat. One only need to Google "Marcia Powell Prisoner" to review the horrible death of this Arizona prisoner in 2009 because prison guards claimed they were "unaware" she was suffering in an outdoor metal cage in May, which had no water, shade, bench to sit on, etc.Donna Leone Hamm, Judge (Ret.)http://www.middlegroundprisonreform.orgnoreply@blogger.com