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 ...

Prisoners inside a sweltering South Florida prison were subjected to dangerously high temperatures this summer—peaking at a "real feel" of 119 degrees in one area—according to a recent expert report ...

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 ...