Missouri inmates swelter in over 100-degree temperatures without air conditioning, lawsuit alleges

Missouri prisons get ‘brutally hot.’ In solitary, it’s even worse • Missouri Independent

(J. Marshall Smith for The Marshall Project)Last summer, Kenneth Barrett recalls spending 46 days — about half the summer — in solitary confinement at Algoa Correctional Center, a minimum security prison in Jefferson City.  In segregation, he was confined to a cell roughly the size of a parking spot for 23 hours a day. Barrett said he had brown tap water to drink, chilled only by the occasional delivery of ice. There were no electrical outlets t…

Lawsuit compares summers at Algoa correctional facility to "Hell"

The lawsuit, filed as a class-action petition on Friday, claims extreme summer heat in Missouri creates brutal and dangerous conditions for inmates at Algoa.

Missouri inmates swelter in over 100-degree temperatures without air conditioning, lawsuit alleges

Algoa Correctional Center inmates file lawsuit alleging unconstitutional heat conditions. It's one of 7 Missouri prisons without air conditioning.

These Missouri Prisons Get ‘Brutally Hot.’ In Solitary, It’s Even Worse.

A recent class action lawsuit from the MacArthur Justice Center sheds light on how extreme heat creates life-threatening conditions for those in solitary confinement.

Missouri prisons get ‘brutally hot.’ In solitary, it’s even worse

Last summer, Kenneth Barrett recalls spending 46 days — about half the summer — in solitary confinement at Algoa Correctional Center, a minimum security prison in Jefferson City. In segregation, he was confined to a cell roughly the size of…