Several county jails along Florida’s coast within the path of Hurricane Milton are choosing not to evacuate hundreds of incarcerated individuals as the storm makes landfall on Wednesday.
Several county jails along Florida’s coast within the path of Hurricane Milton are choosing not to evacuate hundreds of incarcerated individuals as the storm makes landfall on Wednesday.
They do have hurricane resistant buildings - shelters, hospitals, zoos, emergency management offices, etc. i would assume jails are the same. Police don’t all evacuate.
Break resistant glass with bars or wire and concrete or cinder block walls do make for a sturdy building that can handle a fair amount of hurricane.
The concern is flooding going to the worst-case scenario and the jail’s elevation being low enough to drown inmates in their cells.
Exactly this. It becomes possible that inmates who are incarcerated for minor infractions face a death penalty due to prison mismanagement.