“In Texas’ state jails, the inmates are sentenced to just two years or less. But every summer, former inmate Maggie Luna [Leading With Conviction™ 2021 graduate] remembers, the women inside worried their short sentences may take their life.
“‘All of these women that were suffering with me had not a lot of time, and they feared that they were getting death sentences,’ she said. ‘Several times I told my mom, I hope I make it out of here.’
“Her jail is one of the 70% of units within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice that do not have full air conditioning. As much of Texas braces through record-setting triple-digit temperatures, current and former inmates are describing dangerous and disturbing conditions inside their cells.
“‘It is suffocating. It’s terrifying just to feel like you’re cooking. I remember asking my bunkie, Do you think our brains are frying?’ Luna said.”
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