Modern society is based on justice. Justice to the innocent and justice to the persons who commit crimes. After due process of legal proceedings, a person found guilty is sent to prison for several years, depending upon the severity of one’s crime. Prison authorities must look after the incarcerated.  The conditions of prisons are reflected in a new paper. Colorado University Boulder researchers have drawn accounts of nearly three dozen previously incarcerated people. A disturbing story of how prisons and jails in Colorado have failed to provide humane protection from growing environmental hazards brought on by climate change is revealed … Continue reading Colorado Prisons at High Climate Risk: 80% Face Extreme Heat, Wildfire, and Flood Threats Amid Minimal Protections for Inmates