Jails and prisons often fail to protect incarcerated people during natural disasters

Jails and prisons often fail to protect incarcerated people during natural disasters

Credit score: Unsplash/CC0 Public Area The US has virtually 2 million individuals behind bars in prisons, jails and detention facilities—the most important such inhabitants in any nation. Though incarcerated individuals are locked away from the surface world, they’re much more susceptible to the impacts of disasters, equivalent to hurricanes and wildfires, than the remainder of … Read more

How prisons fall short in protecting the incarcerated from climate disasters

How prisons fall short in protecting the incarcerated from climate disasters

Blistering heat, freezing cold, and overflowing sewage water: These were the living conditions that formerly incarcerated people in Colorado said they suffered inside the state’s prisons and jails. In a new paper, drawing on accounts from nearly three dozen previously incarcerated people, researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder reveal a disturbing story of how … Read more

How prisons fall short in protecting the incarcerated from climate disasters

How prisons fall short in protecting the incarcerated from climate disasters

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Blistering heat, freezing cold, and overflowing sewage water: These were the living conditions that formerly incarcerated people in Colorado said they suffered inside the state’s prisons and jails. In a new paper, drawing on accounts from nearly three dozen previously incarcerated people, CU Boulder researchers reveal a disturbing story of how … Read more