map showing that a two-day heatwave increased deaths in state prisons by 21% in the Northeast, 8.6% in the West, 1.3% in the South, and 0.8% in the Midwest

Data Source: Skarha, J. et al (2023), Heat-related mortality in U.S. state and private prisons: A case-crossover analysis. PLOS ONE 18(3):e0281390. (Map: Leah Wang, 2023)

This map originally appeared in Heat, floods, pests, disease, and death: What climate change means for people in prison.

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