This article originally appeared on Stateline. Summer heat is bearing down on U.S. prisons, where temperatures in uncooled cells can climb well into the triple digits. Facing growing pressure from ...

In May, Missouri became one of the northernmost states to hear arguments for better heat mitigation in state prisons after the MacArthur Justice Center filed a class action lawsuit alleging that one ...

As the heat index hit 105 degrees, lawyers requested swift cooling measures in a Missouri prison with no A/C. One man shares the dangerous conditions inside while people await a judge’s ruling. In May ...

Sensors inside inside Dade Correctional Institution averaged 98 degrees heat index between May and October. Miami Herald staff file photo Miami A new report filed in a class-action lawsuit shows that ...

New nationwide research finds that extreme heat is linked to thousands of workplace injuries each year, underscoring the need for a federal OSHA standard to protect workers. New research published ...

August is on track to be the hottest on record in Phoenix, where nearly every day has exceeded 110 degrees. But heat-related deaths are expected to be lower this year. Arizona has had another ...

This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project - St. Louis, a nonprofit news team covering Missouri’s criminal justice systems. Subscribe to their email list, and follow on ...

A new report filed in a class-action lawsuit shows that conditions inside a South Florida men's prison were far more extreme than the sweltering summer temperatures outside - with the heat index ...