Conditions in prisons during heat waves pose deadly threats to incarcerated people and prison staff theconversation.com/conditions-in-…

Conditions in prisons during heat waves pose deadly threats to incarcerated people and prison staff mysanantonio.com/news/article/C… via MySA

This issue is not going away and Texas isn't alone. We have to intervene. Access to cool and safe temperatures is a human right, not a luxury!

If you wanna understand heat in prisons, 2 vital reports came out this year: the Justice Dpt's investigation into Mississippi’s Parchman prison & a survey of Texas prisoners by TPCA Texas Prisons Community Advocates + Dr. Carlee Purdum + Dr. BCharrise I nod to both in my latest 1/ grist.org/equity/prison-…

In May, a TX youth prison inspector received 15 complaints of kids not being let out of cells to use the bathroom at Giddings due to short staffing, new reports show. Kids peed in water bottles, out of food slots, and one pooped on his food tray. #txlege texastribune.org/2022/08/02/tex…

In Texas’ juvenile prisons this summer, children have been forced to pee in water bottles and poop on lunch trays due to short staffing. "Even animals are let out," one imprisoned youth said. New details on the agency in crisis: texastribune.org/2022/09/12/tex… #txlege

All of Puerto Rico lost power last Sunday. Today is Friday and more than 920k people are still without power. People have died because of generators exploding or their house catching fire due to candles. Some supermarkets will have to shut down bc they’re running out of fuel.

Two more detainees died in the Harris County Jail over the weekend. That brings the total to **21** this year. The last time >21 people died there in a year was 2006, when 22 died. Given that there're still 3 months left this year, it looks like we're on track to exceed that.

You know that colleague that is really good at derailing meetings with abstract semi relevant thoughts & has answers but to questions the team lead didn’t actually ask? Well today…

A new Vera Institute of Justice report shows unnecessarily punitive responses to probation violations, drug use, and poverty are driving the surge in jail populations across GA, particularly in rural counties. This comes at a time when jail deaths are surging. ajc.com/news/record-nu…

So excited to be a part of this discussion!

We need more eyes looking at what emergency management, emergency response, and basic safety infrastructure looks like in prisons. There’s so little accountability.

Multiple independent oversight reports on Washington prisons have been shelved without their findings being released. Focus includes use emergency restraints and health care. #massincarceration crosscut.com/politics/2022/…

More than a thousand incarcerated people were recently evacuated from a California jail due to flooding. #massincarceration #disaster cbsnews.com/sacramento/new…

Blog post on our new paper from my U.S. National Science Foundation career grant! Read the blog to avoid the paywall. Shout out to Mason who led this data collection and all the undergrads and former undergrads who searched for all these ltrgs. National VOAD Hazard Center nvsquarterly.org/2023/02/13/res…

Statewide Leadership Council worked on a bill that would allow a board to create a plan to be prepared for emergencies. The time to prepare is not when the emergency hits. There are lives depending on the state inside of these prisons. Dr. Carlee Purdum Texas A&M University

A request! If you've taught my work in your classes and/or used the EJ/CJ Syllabus on my lab's site, can you let me know? I have a major pre-tenure review this summer and may be able to go for tenure next summer (soooo close!) if I can show major impacts on my fields of study!