A chart showing the percentage of people incarcerated in Texas with taking high blood pressure medication, psychiatric medication, asthma, and diabetes

Data Source: Compiled by the Prison Policy Initiative based on data from The Marshall Project, Human Rights Watch, and Harzke at al. (2010) "Prevalence of Chronic Medical Conditions among Inmates in the Texas Prison System". (Graph: Alexi Jones, 2019)

This graph originally appeared in Cruel and unusual punishment: When states don’t provide air conditioning in prison.

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