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The hot weather will continue on Wednesday and coincide with a risk of thunderstorms that will persist through midday Friday.

But stories persisted of violent and corrupt jailers, of deputy gangs, of an institutional culture so entrenched it resisted all efforts to root it out.

The problem has persisted for years, according to local business owners, who say city officials have done little to alleviate the problem.

This "ongoing love" gives Mr Patterson hope that his children will thrive - "especially if the wider public persists in letting them be".

But nine months on, the limits persist with little clarity as to why, according to bank employees and economic experts.