Deadly Overheating in Prison Cells
The conditions for the overheated solitary cells that kill Alyssa are in documented prison deaths from heat exposure: a crisis that has killed countless real incarcerated across the American South.
EJI: Alabama Man Dies in Overheated Prison Cell
EJI: Horrific Conditions in Solitary Confinement in Alabama Prisons
The Nation: Scorching Temperatures Are Turning Prison Cells into Furnaces