{"id":17652,"date":"2018-09-13T16:40:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T16:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldsnews.com\/worlds\/hurricane-florence-prisons-in-hurricanes-path-not-evacuated\/11"},"modified":"2018-09-13T16:40:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T16:40:11","slug":"hurricane-florence-prisons-in-hurricanes-path-not-evacuated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/?p=17652","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Florence: Prisons in hurricane’s path not evacuated"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Hurricane Image copyright NASA Image caption Hurricane Florence gains strength in the Atlantic Ocean as it moves west, seen from the International Space Station on Monday <\/p>\n

“Storm of a lifetime” hurricane Florence is predicted to bring deadly disaster to large parts of the eastern US coast when it makes landfall on Thursday. <\/p>\n

But as millions are under order to flee, some are being told they have to stay put.<\/p>\n

On Monday, South Carolina officials announced they would not remove inmates from at least two prisons inside mandatory evacuation zones.<\/p>\n

“In the past, it’s been safer to leave them there,” a spokesman for the South Carolina Department of Corrections said. <\/p>\n

One of those facilities is no longer in those zones but remains in Florence’s path. <\/p>\n

Image copyright AFP Image caption Flooding in New Orleans after hurricane Katrina in 2005 <\/p>\n

New Orleans was particularly badly hit but prisoners locked in cells in the city’s jail were not moved to another facility. A third of the inmates had been awaiting trial – not convicted of any crime. <\/p>\n

Power cuts and broken generators caused ventilation and lights to fail and electric cell doors to remain shut. One guard reported that officials had fled as the waters had risen.<\/p>\n

Prisoners were abandoned in cells without food or water for days as [toxic] floodwaters rose towards the ceiling, according to reports by the ACLU and Human Rights Watch based on more than 1000 eyewitness accounts.<\/p>\n

Prisoners of Katrina<\/p>\n

Orleans Parish Prison was eventually evacuated four days after the storm hit. Some inmates say they saw dead bodies and Human Rights Watch claimed that 517 prisoners had gone missing.<\/p>\n

In 2006, Sheriff Marlin Gusman maintained no prisoners had died and none had escaped. Later, it emerged that arrest warrants had been issued for 14 escaped inmates.<\/p>\n

Why are prisons not evacuated?<\/h2>\n

South Carolina has not evacuated prisons in response to hurricanes since 1999, according to local media.<\/p>\n

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Houston residents are rescued after flooding caused by heavy rain during hurricane Harvey in 2017 <\/p>\n

In Texas, four county jails were evacuated before hurricane Harvey made landfall last year. Built to withstand the most severe hurricanes, they were evacuated as a precaution and sustained some structural damage.<\/p>\n

But in Houston, which was severely flooded, inmates left in prisons and jails reported minimal drinking water and food and poor access to medicine, as well as stifling heat.<\/p>\n

In 1992, hurricane Andrew slammed Florida, causing huge damage to one prison in Miami, after which about 4,000 prisoners were moved out.<\/p>\n

By Georgina Rannard, UGC and social news<\/p>\n<\/div>\n