It was a horrifying discovery when Jerome Murdough was found dead in his Rikers Island jail cell after malfunctioning equipment caused temperatures to skyrocket to nearly 100 degrees in February.

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After years of complaints about hot temperatures inside prison cells, California is finally embarking on a plan to cool some cells. But it’s only a test, and it will only help a fraction of inmates.

(KRON) — Santa Rita Jail’s inmate healthcare provider agreed to pay $2.5 million to the children of Maurice Monk, attorneys announced Thursday. The inmate was allegedly deceased inside his jail cell ...

SAN DIEGO — On July 28, at San Diego's Central Jail, 82-year-old Karim Talib was found dead in his cell during routine medical checks. Mr. Talib was the sixth person to die in a San Diego County jail ...

The family had helped her buy a fan for her cell, and she took showers to cool off, but in phone calls to her daughters in the summer of 2024, Boulware described the prison as “hot as hell.” Boulware ...