As record-breaking heat waves cripple the West, air conditioning units and swamp coolers have malfunctioned or stopped working in at least three Nevada state corrections facilities. “We haven’t had air conditioning for at least 45 days,” Leslie Meier, who is incarcerated at Jean Conservation Camp, located about 20 miles outside Las Vegas, told the Current. […]
Being in a Nevada prison in July without any cooling mechanisms sounds like cruel and unusual punishment to me, so I assume if this turns into a suit and that suit reaches SCOTUS, their ruling will be “go for it!”
Being in a Nevada prison in July without any cooling mechanisms sounds like cruel and unusual punishment to me, so I assume if this turns into a suit and that suit reaches SCOTUS, their ruling will be “go for it!”