Incarcerated Populations in the Gulf Coast Face Heightened Risks From Natural Disasters

It is worth reflecting that the first step to the final stage of genocide is to place large amounts of people into circumstances that are bound to accelerate into a human rights disaster with no clear solution.

About two-thirds of correctional facilities in the Gulf Coast region are housed in an area that is considered “very high” to “relatively moderate” risk of riverine flooding. Facilities that house ICE detainees and women are at greater risk of riverine flooding.

Overall, 62% of correctional facilities in the Gulf Coast region are located in a census tract that is at very high to relatively moderate risk of hurricanes.