‘Unbearable’ heat in uncooled Alabama prisons

By: Lee Hedgepeth, Inside Climate News

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: August 30, 2026

Words: 1,132

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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ELMORE — Tiffany Montellano can’t sleep.

Instead, she lies awake, worried about her husband Andrew, 31, who is incarcerated at Elmore Correctional Facility just north of Montgomery.

She worries because a few days ago, she received a call during her lunch break from Andrew, who had missed …

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