As summers in America become hotter, prisoners become more frustrated – and more likely to act out
– so we’re out before 8am to water the worm bins and set up a sprinkler in the chicken yard. With temperatures already in the 70s , just dragging out the hose feels like a Herculean challenge. Skeeter, a heavily tattooed, self-described “extreme” environmental activist in his 40s, manages the nearby greenhouse. “It might hit 115°F inside here today,” he says.
We don’t have air conditioning in the unit, so prisoners go shirtless in preparation for rising temperatures. “There’s not a lot we can do”, says Juan, a young man serving a 20-year sentence, “but we definitely do what we can.” Because he sleeps on the top bunk of his two-person cell, he gets the worst of the heat.
Some on the outside may not care whether climate change makes prisons less comfortable, and perhaps that’s fair. As the guards around here regularly say, “If you don’t like the conditions, don’t come to prison.” But a prisoner’s experience of incarceration affects their ability to reintegrate into society: some studiesEven on a good day, it takes an immense effort to deal with the harsh conditions, horrible food and punitive measures found in American prisons.
On our way to the hall, a mist machine hooked up to a garden hose blows water across the path, and for about ten seconds we pass through an oasis. A cluster of guards stands in the patch of green grass created by the man-made drizzle, reminding anyone who pauses to keep moving. One prisoner looks at the puddle created by the constant use of the mist machine and comments on how much water is being wasted. “Good”, a lifer named Tim replies, “I want this place to waste as much water as possible.
The average American wastes slightly less than a pound of food each day; the Washington Corrections Centre, which has a capacity of nearly 1,300 people, generates far more. Prisons also waste an obscene amount of water. Laundry services are constantly running, yet perhaps the greatest waste comes from an unexpected source – what’s known in prison patois as a “courtesy flush”.
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