'Constitution does not mandate comfortable prisons': Florida seeks to toss lawsuit over extreme heat in prisons
Dec 18, 2024
Saying the “Constitution does not mandate comfortable prisons,” Florida corrections officials want a federal judge to toss out a potential class-action lawsuit alleging the state has violated inmates’ rights because of hot conditions at a Miami-Dade County prison. Lawyers for the Florida Department of Corrections, Corrections Secretary Ricky Dixon and Dade Correctional Institution Warden Francisco Acosta filed a motion Tuesday seeking dismissal of the lawsuit filed in October.