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sammythecat

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8. That should be the standard?

Reply to ananda (Reply #6)

Wed Jul 19, 2017, 08:49 PM

Jul 2017

Pulling all your fingernails out with pliers isn't lethal either. 88 is more than "rather warm", it's hot. It doesn't need to be that hot. What purpose does that serve?

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Judge orders Texas to lower temperature in sweltering prison [View all] Judi Lynn Jul 2017 OP

LOWER it to 88 degrees? whathehell Jul 2017 #1

Yes he is, tho it doesn't sound like it to we the un-incarcerated. elleng Jul 2017 #2

that is cruel and unusual punishment. barbtries Jul 2017 #3

It is rather warm. ananda Jul 2017 #6

That should be the standard? sammythecat Jul 2017 #8

i wondered barbtries Jul 2017 #9

I don't think anyone expressed the argument it would. LanternWaste Jul 2017 #12

It's outside Houston. Igel Jul 2017 #10

Some do get used to it, while others die from it LanternWaste Jul 2017 #13

DOn't know if it still applies, but they used to make them buy the fans from the commissary jmbar2 Jul 2017 #4

That is cruel and unusual punishment! n/t LittleGirl Jul 2017 #5

Only in a dump like TX does this need a court order. broadcaster90210 Jul 2017 #7

K&R Solly Mack Jul 2017 #11

A lot of our public schools also fail to provide reasonable temperatures for the "inmates." tblue37 Jul 2017 #14