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Petition: Demand All Correctional Facilities Implement a Disaster Response Plan

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In a harrowing event at Mountain View Correctional Institution in North Carolina, over 550 incarcerated individuals were trapped in the prison during Hurricane Helene. For five excruciating days, these men endured flooded cells, were forced to live alongside their own waste, and faced severe shortages of food and water, all while locked in their cells with no means of communication with the outside world.

Their families spent a week with no information, worried out of their minds. One inmate told their spouse, “We thought we were going to die there. We didn’t think anybody was going to come back for us.”

Please sign this petition to join us in calling for a government mandate that requires all correctional facilities to have a disaster response plan that prioritizes evacuation, human dignity, and safety.

Justice for the Prisoners Trapped in Cells During the Hurricane With No Outside ContactClick Here to Sign Petition

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