Texas Prisons Community Advocates has been in existence for only three years but is already one of the most effective messengers for incarcerated people in the state. That's in large part thanks to the efforts of TPCA's founder and president, Amite Dominick. Dominick organized the group to draw attention to the life-threatening heat that 85,000 inmates endure every summer in Texas prisons without air conditioning. The goal is to get the prisons to install A/C so cells don’t exceed 85 degrees, and TPCA, under Dominick's admirable leadership, will be holding 85 to Stay Alive events through the summer to get the word out.
