Woman dies in Phoenix outdoor holding cell
I came across a news article from Fox News today about a woman that died from heat exhaustion in an outdoor holding cell in Phoenix, Arizona. After undergoing an evaluation, a 48 year old female inmate was put into an outdoor holding cell in 108 degree heat, with no shade for four hours while she awaited transfer to an observation ward. Inmates are only supposed to be held in the outdoor cells for no longer than two hours, with guards checking on them every 30 minutes. However it is not clear if the guards checked on her at all, who were 20 yards away in a control room. It is also not clear how much water was given to the inmate during her time spent in the cell.
So far two guards and a deputy warden have been suspended during the investigation of the incident. Officials are looking into changing their policy and have sworn that an incident like this will never happen again. One has to wonder why this happened at all to begin with. Someone is responsible for this woman’s death, and should be held responsible, as this inhumane treatment of inmates is unacceptable, and is flat out barbaric. I would hope that whoever is responsible for this incident, both guards and supervisors, are prosecuted to the full extent of the law for the death of this woman.
On a side note, one also has to wonder about the level of sincerity shown by the media company reporting on this incident, Fox News. Their article describes the situation as “Prostitute dies after being held in scorching outdoor prison cell”. I have to wonder to myself why this woman is treated as 2nd tier and referred to as just a prostitute, instead of a female inmate. It almost seems to me to seek to justify that this wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, as the woman that died, was just a prostitute with mental problems, rather than a human being.
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