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Heat sparking concerns for Texas inmates in prisons without air conditioning

Texas, in the heart of America's Sun Belt, is one of 13 states without universal prison air conditioning. With this summer's extreme heat, there's concern over inmate safety and whether the state's Department of Criminal Justice is attributing deaths in custody to extreme heat. Zaeem Shaikh, a breaking news reporter for the Dallas Morning News, joined CBS News to discuss the conditions inmates are living in.
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