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Inside the sole unit without air conditioning at Mississippi’s largest prison, inmates hang wet sheets from their cell ceilings to dampen the air and lay drenched towels strategically across their bodies. It remained unclear how severe the temperatures inside Unit 29 have been this summer. “But if they need to have air conditioning, they ought to have air conditioning. Lawmakers in Texas and other states without universal air conditioning have balked at the cost of installing it. At Parchman, inmates said heat is but one factor that leaves them feeling forgotten.

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DETROIT (AP) — A judge wants to know why two men convicted of secondary roles in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have been transferred to federal prisons out of state. Morrison was shipped to a federal prison in Illinois, and Bellar is in Pennsylvania. Kaminski, citing the litigation, declined to address why the state shipped Morrison, Bellar and Musico out of state. There is a federal prison in Milan, Michigan.

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They said they plan to share the footage with the Justice Department. The main entrance to the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. Mississippi Department of CorrectionsThe crisis in state prisons had become so acute that Gov. Some changes were already in the works under new leadership, the Justice Department said at the time, with cooperation coming from state officials. The Justice Department did not immediately return a request for further comment.

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