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South Carolina’s inmates are stuck in Hurricane Florence’s path. Here’s what happened to prisoners who've been abandoned in previous hurricanes.
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- Sep 14 2018
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- 500 words
Prisoners are expendable. You can always get more. And if the existing laws don't provide enough criminals, just make new laws.
This is a different prison compared to the one from earlier this week that was criticized for not evacuating. The track of Florence shifted away from that prison (though they'll still get hit with the outlying effects) and towards this one, which was also not evacuated.
Leaving inmates to rot during an event like a hurricane seems to be a bit of a tradition: