‘People are dying’: Texas prisoners say heatwave turns cells into ovens

State's prisons at crisis point with temperatures regularly above 115F threatening physical and mental health of inmates

In Texas, animal shelters are obliged by law to ensure that their ambient temperature does not rise above 85F (29C) for more than two hours, a measure designed to protect dogs and cats from extreme heat and provide for their health and wellbeing".

If only humans were so lucky.