Court: Mississippi Must Improve cells on death row
Tuesday, June 29, 2004 at 11:13PM
TheSpook
State must add window screens, fans, fix toilets A federal appeals court has ordered the state of
Mississippi to fix toilets, and add window screens and fans to cells on
death row at the state penitentiary at Parchman.Davis had ordered that
when the heat index is at least 90 degrees, the state must provide
fans, ice water and daily showers to inmates. The prisoners were
usually allowed to shower three times a week. Davis' ruling last year
came in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU on behalf of the inmates, who said
they are daily subjected to excessive heat, human excrement, biting
insects and the ranting of psychotic prisoners. [more]
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