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August 22, 2023

House Democrats Demand Probe of Prisoner Deaths Amid Unrelenting Summer Heat
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The National Weather Service has issued excessive heat warnings from
Texas to Illinois, where the heat index in Chicago could top 115 degrees
Fahrenheit this week. On Monday, Democrats on the House Oversight
Committee called for a federal investigation into conditions at prisons
during this summer's unprecedented heat wave. In Texas, where most
prison cells lack air conditioning, at least 41 prisoners have died of
heart-related or undetermined causes so far this year.


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