Top 10 states with detention facilities in locations hotter than the rest of the state

Population-weighted annual difference

Facilities’ hot-

humid days v

rest of the state

2016 to 2020 avg

Change

from

1982-86

Arizona

+14.8 days

+0.6 days

Georgia

+10.2

+3.6

California

+7.2

+0.6

Nevada

+7

0

Alabama

+6.4

+4.8

US-wide

+5

–1.2

Arkansas

+3.6

+0.8

Illinois

+3.2

+0.8

North Carolina

+3

+0.8

Tennessee

+2.8

+0.8

Louisiana

+2

–1.0

Facilities’ hot-humid

days v rest of the state

2016 to 2020 average

Change

from

1982-86

Arizona

+14.8 days

+0.6 days

Georgia

+10.2

+3.6

California

+7.2

+0.6

Nevada

+7

0

Alabama

+6.4

+4.8

US-wide

+5

–1.2

Arkansas

+3.6

+0.8

Illinois

+3.2

+0.8

North Carolina

+3

+0.8

Tennessee

+2.8

+0.8

Louisiana

+2

–1.0

Facilities’ hot-humid

days v rest of the state

2016 to 2020 average

Change

from

1982-86

Arizona

+14.8 days

+0.6 days

Georgia

+10.2

+3.6

California

+7.2

+0.6

Nevada

+7

0

Alabama

+6.4

+4.8

US-wide

+5

–1.2

Arkansas

+3.6

+0.8

Illinois

+3.2

+0.8

North Carolina

+3

+0.8

Tennessee

+2.8

+0.8

Louisiana

+2

–1.0

Facilities’ hot-humid days versus rest of the state

2016 to 2020 average

Change from

1982-86 avg

Arizona

+14.8 days

+0.6 days

Georgia

+10.2

+3.6

California

+7.2

+0.6

Nevada

+7

0

Alabama

+6.4

+4.8

US-wide

+5

–1.2

Arkansas

+3.6

+0.8

Illinois

+3.2

+0.8

North Carolina

+3

+0.8

Tennessee

+2.8

+0.8

Louisiana

+2

–1.0

Facilities’ hot-humid days versus rest of the state

2016 to 2020 average

Change from

1982-86 avg

Arizona

+14.8 days

+0.6 days

Georgia

+10.2

+3.6

California

+7.2

+0.6

Nevada

+7

0

Alabama

+6.4

+4.8

US-wide

+5

–1.2

Arkansas

+3.6

+0.8

Illinois

+3.2

+0.8

North Carolina

+3

+0.8

Tennessee

+2.8

+0.8

Louisiana

+2

–1.0