Extreme Temperatures Injustice in Prisons Act of 2026 aims to improve response to extreme temperatures in federal correctional facilities.
The Extreme Temperatures Injustice in Prisons Act of 2026 mandates the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide heat and cold mitigation options to inmates at no cost when temperatures reach dangerously high or low levels. The Act requires the Director to develop and enforce mandatory standards for heat and cold stress, install or update heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, and implement wet-bulb globe temperature-based NIOSH Recommended Exposure Limits.
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