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After deaths & pending lawsuits, TX DOC Cools off Prison

Officials with the Texas Department of Corrections reject the notion that the recent addition of cooling fans that look transplanted straight from the sidelines of an NFL game are in response to numerous lawsuits and inmate deaths due to heat exposure.  Yeah, right. The cooling equipment employs a large fan inside about a 6-foot-by-6-foot box.

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