{
  "id": 439769,
  "title": "Extreme heat exposes crisis inside Europe's overcrowded prisons",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/extreme-heat-exposes-crisis-inside-europes-overcrowded-prisons",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T04:37:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20260810-extreme-heat-exposes-crisis-inside-europe-s-overcrowded-prisons"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Record summer temperatures are exposing the strain on overcrowded prisons across France, Italy and Belgium, where ageing buildings and poor ventilation are making extreme heat increasingly difficult to manage.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}