Evacuation is a right or a privilege?
The Governor of South Carolina ordered 1.7 million people to evacuate the area prior to the landfall of Hurricane Florence. Governor McMaster specifically said, "South Carolina Governor Henry MacMaster urged residents to flee the storm, saying, “We’re not going to gamble with the lives of the people of South Carolina. Not a one.” However, thousands of incarcerated people didn't receive the opportunity to evacuate.
The MacDougall Correctional Institution, situated just a few miles from the Charleston coast, declined to evacuate 651 people. The Al Cannon Detention Center kept 1,184 people in a flood area. In Berkeley county, which was threatened by the government to expect storm surges, the detention center didn't allow people to flee.
Governor McMaster said that the campus is "the safest place for those people at this time." He is creating a narrative that they are of lesser value than other people by deeming them "those people." This is also problematic because the South Carolina Department of Corrections reports that 66 percent of the prison population is African American.
If the Governor is concerned about the lives of the people of South Carolina, he would include the imprisoned.
Source: https://www.colorlines.com/articles/south-carolina-refused-evacuate-incarcerated-people-ahead-hurricane-florence
The MacDougall Correctional Institution, situated just a few miles from the Charleston coast, declined to evacuate 651 people. The Al Cannon Detention Center kept 1,184 people in a flood area. In Berkeley county, which was threatened by the government to expect storm surges, the detention center didn't allow people to flee.
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Governor McMaster said that the campus is "the safest place for those people at this time." He is creating a narrative that they are of lesser value than other people by deeming them "those people." This is also problematic because the South Carolina Department of Corrections reports that 66 percent of the prison population is African American.
If the Governor is concerned about the lives of the people of South Carolina, he would include the imprisoned.
Source: https://www.colorlines.com/articles/south-carolina-refused-evacuate-incarcerated-people-ahead-hurricane-florence
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