About 25% of Texas’ correctional officer positions are unfilled, making it harder for inmates to get respite.
The day before Patrick Womack was found face-down and unresponsive in a hot prison cell in August 2023, he asked a correctional officer to let him take a cold shower so he could cool down. The officer said no, according to court documents. The reason: There weren’t enough guards at the H.H. Coffield Unit to watch him.
Strike teams The department investigates allegations that mitigation measures are not taking place by using information collected from “strike teams” who visit prisons unannounced every week and evaluate whether officers are compliant with heat protocols. If a problem is identified, it is rectified, Hernandez said. This year, strike teams have conducted 28 reviews and identified one issue, Hernandez said, though she did not specify the issue they uncovered.
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