The aging, troubled Oklahoma County jail has a dangerous new problem — no air conditioning and hot days ahead.

"This is an unbelievable crisis," Public Defender Bob Ravitz told county commissioners at their regular weekly meeting Wednesday. "You're going to be killing people."

Commissioners agreed to hold an emergency meeting Thursday morning to go over possible solutions to cool the 13-story jail. The chilled water system has been off since March 8 while extensive pipe repairs are being made. The repair work could take another month to complete.

Temperatures are already high in the cells despite rainy conditions outside this week. Commissioners were told it was 81 degrees in a vacant cell Wednesday morning.