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Across Louisiana and the across the South, incarcerated people, including children, are suffering in torturously hot prison conditions.

Children in the custody of Louisiana’s Office of Juvenile Justice being held in a former death row building at an adult prison are suffering dangerous heat conditions and routine isolation in their cells that experts say could cause serious and irreversible harm, according to a federal court filing Monday.

Children in the custody of Louisiana’s Office of Juvenile Justice being held in a former death row building at an adult prison are suffering dangerous heat conditions and routine isolation in their cells that experts say could cause serious and irreversible harm, according to a federal court filing Monday.

New court filings reveal for the first time that children — almost all Black boys — are being placed in routine solitary confinement for 72 hours when they are detained in the former death row building of the nation’s largest adult maximum security prison — Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola.

By Amy Simonson and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN

The children allege they are held without air-conditioning, given only few minutes outside their cells, with some even being maced

The ACLU Louisiana along with other organizations have filed a lawsuit against the LA State Penitentiary for placing kids in solitary confinement.

The ACLU Louisiana along with other organizations have filed a lawsuit against the LA State Penitentiary for placing kids in solitary confinement.

The ACLU Louisiana along with other organizations have filed a lawsuit against the LA State Penitentiary for placing kids in solitary confinement.

The settlement came after a nearly 50-year legal battle between Los Angeles County and the ACLU over prison conditions.