ಟೆಕ್ಸಾಸ್ನಲ್ಲಿ, ಬಿಸಿಯನ್ನು ವಾದಿಸಿದರು ಖೈದಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ಮಾರಣಾಂತಿಕವಾಗಿ ಆಗಿರಬಹುದು

ಮೂಲತಃ ಮೂಲಕ: NYTimes.com
ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಿದ: 28 ಜೂಲೈ 2012

ಕೊನೆಯ ಬೇಸಿಗೆ ತಂದೆಯ ದಾಖಲೆ-ಬ್ರೇಕಿಂಗ್ ಬಿಸಿ ಅಲೆಯ ಟೆಕ್ಸಾಸ್ ಮೇಲೆ ಕಠೋರ ಪ್ರಭಾವ, ಸುಮಾರು ಸಾವಿಗೆ ಪಾತ್ರ 150 ಜನರು. Many of them were found in their homes or apartments, but a few were discovered somewhere else — in their prison cells.

Ten inmates of the state prison system died of heat-related causes last summer in a 26-day period in July and August, a death toll that has alarmed prisoners’ rights advocates who believe that the lack of air-conditioning in most state prisons puts inmates’ lives at risk.

ದಿ 10 inmates were housed in areas that lacked air-conditioning, and several had collapsed or lost consciousness while they were in their cells. All of them were found to have died of hyperthermia, a condition that occurs when body temperature rises above 105 degrees, according to autopsy reports and the state’s prison agency.

Other factors contributed to their deaths. All but three of them had hypertension, and some were obese, had heart disease or were taking antipsychotic medications, which can affect the body’s ability to regulate heat.

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