The department said its heat protocols include monitoring temperatures every hour when indoor temperatures exceed 90 degrees. People vulnerable to heat are 'moved to air-conditioned spaces, fans are used to provide additional cooling capacity, and the incarcerated population is given more access to more frequent showers, water and ice,' Xjimenez said.
'When you're at high risk or a heat-alert patient, they're supposed to be monitoring you, which means that every hour that they physically check in on you. None of those things are happening,' she said. 'You can be compassionate and still have safety and security.'
'I have a huge migraine and I feel sick and other girls are throwing up,' she said in CCWP's statement. 'Please help us, they're not doing anything for us.'
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