Heat in US Prisons and Jails: Corrections and the Challenge of Climate Change

Autor: Daniel W. E. Holt
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: SSRN Electronic Journal.
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2667260
Popis: This paper addresses two important but largely neglected questions: How will increased temperatures and heat waves caused by climate change affect prisons, jails, and their staff and inmate populations? And what can correctional departments do to prepare for greater heat and minimize the dangers it poses?
Databáze: OpenAIRE