Instructions: For this assignment you will create a short outline for the essay which will be due later this session. Therefore, here you are only submitting an outline for your proposed paper, not the actually essay itself. This is due later. For this assignment, please use the following template
to type in your answers. For this assignment you will discuss the topic below and provide an opinion for or against the proposal, be sure to include three reasons for why you have chosen to do so. Please include citations. Please see the template for additional instructions.
Topic: Analyze Texas’s Proposed Prison Climate Control and its Impact on Rights and Finance
Question:
Analyze the recent proposal made by the Texas Legislature (House Bill 1708) to invest funds in improving the air conditioning systems in Texas’s State Prisons. The severe heat conditions within these facilities have resulted in prisoner deaths, illness among guards, and substantial financial losses due to wrongful death and civil rights lawsuits. In your essay, evaluate the ethical, social, and financial implications of this bill. Should the legislature reconsider its stance on improving prison air conditioning, and if so, what alternative solutions could be explored to address the pressing issues of heat-related concerns in correctional facilities? Consider the impact on prisoner rights, the well-being of guards, and the burden on taxpayers to present a well-reasoned argument for or against the proposed legislation.