Stop the torture of Prisoners within Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). TDCJ's unconscionable behavior of allowing people to be tortured by deadly heat conditions must cease.
Why is this important?
TDCJ is currently violating the U.S. Constitution and international human rights standards by the cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of exposing people to temperature extremes of heat indexes of up to and over 149 degrees. Despite several deaths, a plethora of media reports, wrongful death lawsuits filed, and complaints from family members and union officials for well over 15 years, TDCJ is still refusing to provide humane temperature control conditions for the people in their care.
