Horrifying: the 1,200 inmates at Manatee County Jail are not being evacuated before Hurricane Milton. “When my son was sentenced, he was not given a death sentence." floridapolitics.com/archives/700... - ThreadSky

caitlindeangelis.bsky.social • 154 days ago

Horrifying: the 1,200 inmates at Manatee County Jail are not being evacuated before Hurricane Milton.

“When my son was sentenced, he was not given a death sentence."

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/700532-florida-evacuates-over-4000-inmates-from-prisons-jails-ahead-of-milton-some-stay-behind/

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mrquindazzi.bsky.social•154 days ago

Damn, they are right on the coast and right in the path

wicked-lizzie.bsky.social•154 days ago

How is that even legal?!

dell-adams.bsky.social•154 days ago

There was a story like this about the Wakulla County jail which wasn't evacuated before Helene.

There hasn't been a followup, which I assume means no one died there.

I think it'll be the same here.

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/697932-in-wakulla-county-all-residents-ordered-to-evacuate-but-some-inmates-are-left-behind/

tphlair.bsky.social•154 days ago

NWS is saying the storm surge there has "potential for 11-15 feet above ground somewhere within surge prone areas"

From the looks of it that's a 2-story facility, no point in it looks to be higher than 20' off the ground

opensecretalien.bsky.social•154 days ago

That doesn't look safe even if they moved everyone to the top floor.

proleartthreat.bsky.social•153 days ago

Miami zoo has extra reinforced concrete enclosures for hurricanes..when the winds die down armed zookeepers go out to get any stragglers. Are the prisons not similarly hurricane proofed

tealdeer.bsky.social•154 days ago

"Julie Reimer, a Florida resident who asked to be identified by her maiden name in fear of retaliation."

Jesus fucking Christ, what a world.

paula72.bsky.social•154 days ago

De Santis strikes again.

fac93.bsky.social•154 days ago

Shawshank.

djeucharist.bsky.social•154 days ago

Besides threat to a prisoners life you also don't want to give them a chance to use hurricane Milton as an escape from Alcatraz.

frogboy.bsky.social•154 days ago

it's a county jail, not prison. Al Capone's not in there

djeucharist.bsky.social•154 days ago

Sounds bad if there are 4000 prisoners in a county jail needing evacuation, or is the whole county in there?

spencerfleury.bsky.social•154 days ago

Over 300,000 people live in Manatee County.

djeucharist.bsky.social•154 days ago

Do you know they have 4000 of 300K in lockup? My guess is people need to eat, have friends, workout, get released, then back in after a few months out of the cage.

spencerfleury.bsky.social•154 days ago

Well, I know from the article we’re all responding to, yes. More than 1% of the county population is, to my mind, a stupidly high number.

karidru.bsky.social•154 days ago

It's a jail. There are going to be people in there awaiting trial, as well as a bunch of low level shit. If they can escape, good for them.

djeucharist.bsky.social•154 days ago

4000 people in a county jail, some, mothers, fathers, children, hell the whole county is living there except for a bunch of lowlifes.

ldea.bsky.social•154 days ago

Oh my God

carolinemable.bsky.social•154 days ago

Also, the staff will have to remain, so they are also at risk. Surely endangering your employees and the people who are under the care of the state can't be legal. In UK duty of care, is taken very seriously

pyrholidon.bsky.social•153 days ago

This is America. You're entitled to the rights you can afford to enforce.

caitlindeangelis.bsky.social•154 days ago

The Manatee County Jail is at sea level, just a few hundred yards from the water.

alliedarmour.bsky.social•154 days ago

Jfc

dell-adams.bsky.social•154 days ago

It has a high second floor--I verified this in Google Maps--and they don't expect the storm surge to reach it. Some deputies will remain at the jail.

Conditions will be overcrowded and nasty if the first floor floods, but this isn't a recipe for mass murder.

https://www.newsweek.com/florida-jail-hurricane-milton-evacuation-zone-manatee-county-1965915

dell-adams.bsky.social•150 days ago

* 1283 people stayed at the jail during Milton, 1154 of them inmates; all safe

* "A few inmates... were moved to the second floor as a precaution"

* Jail had generators and several days' food and water

* No word whether any water got in, but "no damage to jail"

https://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article293766154.html