This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As climate change exacerbates the risks of extreme heat across California, the state’s prison officials plan to embark ...

After years of complaints about hot temperatures inside prison cells, California is finally embarking on a plan to cool some cells. But it’s only a test, and it will only help a fraction of inmates.

Even outside the cells, heat affects every corner of prison life, the court-appointed monitor Lopes has found. Heat forces staff to shuffle counseling to less private spaces, disrupts group therapy ...