California Proposes Ending Prison Heat Rule Exemption as Temperatures Rise ^0%

KQED - By Farida Jhabvala Romero - 3/17/2026, 4:50 PM

The potentially record-shattering heat wave roasting California this week reminds Lawrence Cox of the people locked in suffocating state prison cells with no windows. Temperatures inside aging prison buildings can climb much higher than outdoors, with little to no relief, said Cox, who was formerly incarcerated at correctional facilities... more