Articles by Alleen Brown

Alleen Brown is an investigative reporter who covers environmental justice and the ways the climate crisis impacts criminalized populations.

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Study: Extreme heat responsible for hundreds of deaths in Texas prisons

Texas officials claimed that no prisoners have been killed by heat. A new report shows they're wrong.

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Ron DeSantis avoids saying ‘climate change.’ Incarcerated Floridians are living it.

Florida lacks a comprehensive policy to protect people locked in increasingly sweltering prisons without air conditioning.

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Prison air conditioning is coming too slowly for those who need it most

Rising temperatures, lawsuits, and COVID relief funds are pushing Southern states to finally invest in prison air conditioning.

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