Were Any Prisons Hit By Katrina? If So, What Happened?

[Dinger]

I have heard NOTHING on this. Are their lives worth nothing? (You can answer differently when DICK & BU$H arfe in prison)

[tk2kewl]

1. there was... i remember a prison being evacuated on foot

i don't remember how it ultimately turned out

[Kire]

2. I saw pictures of guys chained together on some overpass.

that was pretty early on, don't know anything recent

I think they were evacuated. :shrug:

[Patsy Stone]

3. Didn't you see all of the prisoners sitting on the bridge?

With the police surrounding them and the police boats below? There wasa rumor that a warden and his family were taken hostage, but when asked in the first few hours, Blanco said her office couldn't couldn't confirm that. I think that we would have heard by now if that was true.

I think they were bussing them out to other prisons, but I haven't followed that story closely.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

4. There were even reports of hostage taking and riots

(8/30/05 - NEW ORLEANS, LA) — Inmates at a prison in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans have rioted, attempted to escape and are now holding hostages, a prison commissioner told ABC News affiliate WBRZ in Baton Rouge, La.

Orleans Parish Prison Commissioner Oliver Thomas reported the incident to WBRZ.

A deputy at Orleans Parish Prison, his wife and their four children have been taken hostage by rioting prisoners after riding out Hurricane Katrina inside the jail building, according to WBRZ.
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A woman interviewed by WBRZ said her son, a deputy at the prison whose family is among the hostages, told her that many of the prisoners have fashioned homemade weapons. Her son had brought his family there hoping they would be safe during the storm.
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/nat_world/083005_APnat_prisonriot.html

These were later reported to be rumors...

NEW ORLEANS More than 7 thousand 500 prisoners had to be moved from jails in the New Orleans area.
The action prompting such widespread rumors of riots and jail breaks that Corrections Secretary Richard Stalder focused on the setting the story straight during a news conference with the governor.

Stalder says there is no credible intelligence that riots or hostage situations have occured.

One of the reasons for the widespread reports of riots and jail breaks was the way three thousand inmates were left handcuffed on a highway overpass. They had to be shuttled by boat to waiting vehicles, a process that was still underway today.

Another three thousand inmates remained in Orleans Parish Prison, and they were in line to be moved as soon as possible.

http://www.klfy.com/Global/story.asp?S=3791141