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Estrogen decline disrupts thermoregulation\u2014producing hot flashes, cardiovascular strain, and syncope risk\u2014that becomes life-threatening when ambient temperatures reach 112\u00b0F\u2013118\u00b0F and access to cooling, hydration, and hormone therapy is blocked. Drawing on a narrative synthesis of peer-reviewed literature, legal precedent, and policy documentation, I document how heat-related deaths are obscured through diagnostic miscoding, how formulary exclusions and copay requirements function as de facto bans on evidence-based care, and how symptom misclassification delivers women into solitary confinement as punishment for physiological events. Under the\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Estelle v. Gamble<\/jats:italic>\n                    (\n                    <jats:xref ref-type=\"bibr\">1976<\/jats:xref>\n                    ) deliberate indifference standard, these patterns constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Drawing on the 2025\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Tiede v. Collier<\/jats:italic>\n                    ruling, I present a four-tier best practices toolkit\u2014compassionate release, zero-copay hormone replacement therapy, thermometer protocols, and federal mandates\u2014sequenced within a longer arc of structural decarceration. Thermal abandonment is deliberate indifference. 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