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Locked in a Hotbox: The Impact of Climate Change on the Incarcerated

Petrie-Flom Center - Harvard Law School

Locked in a Hotbox: The Impact of Climate Change on the Incarcerated will be a critical examination of how climate change impacts people who are incarcerated. Many jails and prisons are inadequately equipped to handle extreme weather, exposing people who are confined within them to unique health vulnerabilities.