#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Federal Judge Needs Evidence Louisiana Prison Gets Extra Hot in July http://colorlines.com/archives/2013/07/federal_judge_needs_evidence_louisiana_prison_gets_extra_hot_in_july.html "Lawyers for the prison said heat complaints were “not scientifically valid,” according to a Nola.com report, and based on “generally incompetent evidence.” " A federal judge denied a preliminary injunction filed by attorneys for death row inmates in Louisiana’s notorious Angola state penitentiary who are suing the prison for subjecting the prisoners to cruel and unusual punishment due to extreme heat conditions there. The Promise of Justice Initiative attorneys were simply asking for Angola prison officials to control temperatures to more tolerable levels. In 2011, the heat index rose as high as 195 degrees...