More Than 1,000 Prisoners Left Behind in Carolinas Hurricane Evacuation
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By Naomi LaChance
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More than 1,000 inmates at several prisons across the Carolinas will not be moved during a mandatory evacuation of the states’ coastlines ahead of Hurricane Florence, a Category 4 storm that is expected to make landfall Thursday.
“Right now, we’re not in the process of moving inmates [at Ridgeland Correctional Institution],” South Carolina Department of Corrections spokesman Dexter Lee told The State. “In the past, it’s been safer to leave them there.”
The facility holds 934 prisoners and 119 staff members, all of whom are expected to remain.
Vice News reports at least 650 inmates will be forced ...