LNP, Lancaster, Pa.
LANCASTER, Pa. — Some prisoners at Lancaster County Prison refused to eat earlier this week to protest conditions inside their housing unit caused by the ongoing summer heatwave, the warden acknowledged Thursday during a meeting of the county prison board.
Temperatures in Lancaster have hovered in the 90s over the past week, and individuals who have spent time in the prison when temperatures are high say it’s hotter inside prisoners’ cells, where they spend most of their time…