Prisoner Health and Extreme Temperatures
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-07-18 — Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 2025: cross-connection with extreme-heat-public-health: Extreme heat as a declared emergency intersects with vulnerable-population exposure concerns in incarcerated settings. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-07-06 — Extreme Temperatures Injustice in Prisons Act of 2026: Extreme Temperatures Injustice in Prisons Act of 2026 (HR9591) introduced to address extreme temperature conditions in prisons; referred to House Judiciary and Energy and Commerce Committees (status: introduced). (novelty: 3)