i remember asking my bunky, do you think our brains are fine? all of these women that were suffering with me had not a lot of time, and feared they were getting death sentences. >> that was maggie luna, who was convicted of drug possession and served two years in texas state jail, which is the maximum sentence. two years felt like a death sentence for luna and the other women in that jail, because of the heat. which was in the triple digits. with the state now shattering heat records, state lawmakers in texas have attempted to pass laws to protect inmates in the summer by requiring air conditioning. but republicans have largely tanked those efforts. texas's inability, or it's resistance, to respond to this climate-related crisis is not that different from what happened in the state after 2021 winter storm, when mass blackouts resulted in hundreds of deaths. after that deadly winter, democratic state representative james telerico trying to pass a climate action bill. calling the storm a wake up
max is ten years on my charges that i have. >> there may be criminal charges filed against inmate battaglia. more than likely not because of the small amount that was coming in. and being that the -- the return address was phoney, there's no way to determine who actually sent it in. >> battaglia does not know that yet. >> if they find me guilty, i'm going to be upset because i can't risk another charge. >> instead of criminal charges, battaglia and his cellmate, who requested to remain anonymous, and each will be investigated and receive disciplinary hearings. >> how are you going to fight the case? >> my words. i'm just going to tell the truth. the first place i would look is the bunky. coming up -- >> when you moved into the cell with battaglia, are you aware of him doing that? >> battaglia's bunky speaks out and william bernard is the subject of a jailhouse rumor. >> he is a [ bleep ] snitch. >> and then the rumor leads to
>> my barber, he stabbed somebody 27 times. they wound up taking him out of the unit. then he bailed out of there and got in a fire fight with police officers and got shot seven times. my bunky before kidnapped somebody at gunpoint. was doing all types of drugs. he was doing robberies. so you just -- you don't know who you're sleeping with. >> one of the times bernard does leave his cell is to perform his duties as a unit maintenance worker. but he says even that led to trouble when another inmate got angry because bernard threw away the lid to his soup bowl. >> he came up behind me and just smacked me and smacked all the stuff out of my hands so it went all over the floor. >> because of his fear of being a snitch, bernard says he does not report his harassment to staff. and he says it was another set of problems in the free world that put him in this predicament. >> after my ex had left me, she
so you're done. good to go. >> all right. i felt like just cooperating. i don't know. just seemed like the better thing to do at the time. my bunky. i'm done with him. we can't associate anymore. >> while battaglia's relationships in jail might have landed him in segregation, william bernard's have resulted in violence. he was recently assaulted in his housing unit. >> what happened was an inmate polanco and rivera assaulted inmate bernard as he walked up the stairs. they got him at the first couple stairs. bernard was already on the ground. definitely was out of it. once it was called out, we were probably inside less than a minute after the fight was called out. bernard was laying on -- or sitting on the ground, looked dazed. once the officer saw it, they both ran away. gomez polanco ran to a cell that wasn't his, inmate rivera ran to his cell. >> it was a little chaotic. for the most part i tried to be
so being you cooperated somewhat, we're going to give you 10 days in lock. all right? so you're done. good to go. >> all right. i felt like just cooperating. i don't know. just seemed like the better thing to do at the time. my bunky. i'm done with him. we can't associate anymore. >> while battaglia's relationships in the jail might have landed him in segregation, william bernard's have resulted in violence. he was recently assaulted in his housing unit. >> what happened was an inmate gomez polanco and inmate rivera assaulted inmate bernard as he walked up the stairs. they got him at the first couple stairs. bernard was already on the ground. definitely was out of it. once it was called out, we were probably inside less than a minute after the fight was called out. bernard was laying on -- or sitting on the ground, looked dazed.
max is ten years on my charges that i have. >> there may be criminal charges filed against inmate battaglia. more than likely not because of the small amount that was coming in. and being that the -- the return address was phony, there's no way to determine who actually sent it in. >> battaglia does not know that yet. >> if they find me guilty, i'm going to be upset because i can't risk another charge. >> instead of criminal charges, battaglia and his cellmate, who requested to remain anonymous, will each be investigated and receive disciplinary hearings. >> how are you going to fight the case? >> my words. i'm just going to tell the truth. the first place i would look is the bunky. >> coming up -- >> when you moved into the cell with battaglia, are you aware of him doing that? >> battaglia's bunky speaks out. and william bernard is the subject of a jailhouse rumor.
>> there may be criminal charges filed against inmate battaglia. more than likely not because of the small amount that was coming in. and being that the -- the return address was phoney, there's no way to determine who actually sent it in. >> battaglia does not know that yet. >> if they find me guilty, i'm going to be upset because i can't risk another charge. >> instead of criminal charges, battaglia and his cellmate, who requested to remain anonymous, and each will be investigated and receive disciplinary hearings. >> how are you going to fight the case? >> my words. i'm just going to tell the truth. the first place i would look is the bunky. >> coming up -- >> when you moved into the cell with battaglia, are you aware of him doing that? >> battaglia's bunky speaks out and william bernard is the subject of a jailhouse rumor. >> he is a [ bleep ] snitch.
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we're going to give you ten days in lock, all right? so you're done. good to go. >> all right. i felt like just cooperating. i don't know. just seemed like the better thing to do at the time. my bunky. i'm done with him. we can't associate anymore. >> while battaglia's relationships in jail might have landed him in segregation, william bernard's have resulted in violence. he was recently assaulted in his housing unit. >> what happened was an inmate polanco and rivera assaulted inmate bernard as he walked up the stairs. they got him at the first couple stairs. bernard was already on the ground. definitely was out of it. once it was called out, we were probably inside less than a minute after the fight was called out. bernard was laying on -- or sitting on the ground, looked dazed. once the officer saw it, they both ran away. gomez polanco ran to a cell that wasn't his, inmate rivera ran to his cell. >> it was a little chaotic. for the most part i tried to be
filed against inmate battaglia. more than likely not because of the small amount that was coming in. and being that the -- the return address was phony, there's no way to determine who actually sent it in. >> battaglia does not know that yet. >> if they find me guilty, i'm going to be upset because i can't risk another charge. >> instead of criminal charges, battaglia and his cellmate, who requested to remain anonymous, will each be investigated and receive disciplinary hearings. >> how are you going to fight the case? >> my words. i'm just going to tell the truth. the first place i would look is the bunky. >> coming up -- >> when you moved into the cell with battaglia, are you aware of him doing that? >> battaglia's bunky speaks out. and william bernard is the subject of a jailhouse rumor. >> he is a [ bleep ] snitch.