South Carolina Refused to Evacuate Incarcerated People Ahead of Hurricane Florence

[sheshe2]

“If Governor McMaster truly does not want to ‘gamble with the lives of the people of South Carolina,’ he needs to make sure that the prison system is up to par, or evacuate the inmates just as he has ordered the rest of us to do.”

Ahead of Hurricane Florence pummeling the Carolinas today (September 14), government officials placed up to 1.7 million people under mandatory evacuation orders, amid warnings of catastrophic floods along the southeastern coast. On Wednesday (September 12), 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.”

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In South Carolina, African Americans make up more than half (66 percent) of the prison population, according to SCDC data.

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McMaster agreed that it would be better not to move people from detention facilities, including the one at MacDougall. “The analysis so far that it’s toward the edge of one of the evacuation zones, and because of its placement and because of the type of buildings and a lot of other considerations, it’s safer to stay on campus that it is try to get off,” he told the press on Wednesday. “That is the safest place for those people to be at this time.”

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Wow, the asshole went there and tells you all you need to know. The inmates 66% of which are African American are "THOSE PEOPLE". Governor McMaster who said “We’re not going to gamble with the lives of the people of South Carolina. Not a one.”, Has no issue with leaving the inmates behind 66% AA. Guess he doesn't consider them people....just those people.

[guillaumeb]

1. A Trumpian combination of racism and sociopathy.

"Those people" indeed.

They cannot help themselves.

Recommended.

[sheshe2]

4. Here are 'those people'

Link to tweet

Over the weekend, the SCDC shared images on Twitter of incarcerated people creating more than 35,000 sandbags in preparation for anticipated flooding.

Sounds like slave labor to me.

[guillaumeb]

7. It is slavery in all but name.

The New Jim Crow, and the Prison Industrial Complex are essential resources.

[sheshe2]

8. Slavery by Another Name by Douglas Blackmon.

I read this one, our history is heartbreaking.

[guillaumeb]

9. The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander is a great book.

It provides an excellent framework for understanding US history after the American civil war.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. How horrible!

This is one BIG reason why I hate Republicans. They just have the worst thinking when it comes to minorities, esp. those incarcerated.

Goddamn.

[sheshe2]

3. Yep.

Disgusting, isn't it?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. It truly is. I hope none of them drowned.

[sheshe2]

6. 'Those Inmates'

They filled 35,000 sand bags to help save other lives. I posted the tweet above. Yet the state did not care about their lives.

I hope they are all safe as well Peggy.