Extreme heat, flooding, wildfires – Colorado’s formerly incarcerated people on the hazards they faced behind bars

By: Shawhin Roudbari, Associate Professor of Environmental Design, University of Colorado Boulder and Shideh Dashti, Associate Professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder Incarcerated people in Colorado are exposed to climate-related extreme heat and cold, plus flooding and wildfires. Because they’re unable to escape these hazards, their health suffers and some […]