"So they locked me up, cuffed me up, took me down to the hole, stripped me naked and left me there exposed to the elements in a building that is not heated,"
"I don't think they should be able to force me to go out there and shovel snow at midnight, at negative 12 degrees, for hours,"
A Midwest winter storm left about six inches of snow across parts of Missouri, and correctional staff ordered incarcerated men to clear prison walkways in near-zero temperatures with windchills near minus 20. One inmate refused, citing an education-program exemption, and was taken to administrative segregation, handcuffed, stripped and left in an unheated cell. Activists and other inmates reported similar forced labor shifts at multiple facilities, including overnight and pre-dawn call-outs, while small snow-clearing vehicles remained unused. Complaints included punishments for refusal, lengthy cold exposure, and lack of adequate shelter or relief from hazardous weather assignments.
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