{
  "id": 7995360,
  "title": "California Eyes Prison Heat Protections That Fall Short of Workplace Standards",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/california-eyes-prison-heat-protections-that-fall-short-of-workplace",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-17T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KFF Health News",
    "slug": "kff-health-news",
    "url": "https://kffhealthnews.org/public-health/heat-workplace-standards-california-prisons-lack-safeguards-climate-change/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "California is crafting weaker heat protections for prisons than other workplaces, citing billions in costs to cool aging institutions as climate and health risks increase. It’s a second-class standard, health and safety advocates say, and would leave correctional workers more susceptible to heat illness.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}