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The Guardian - US
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Gloria Oladipo

Several Florida jails and prisons refuse to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Milton

a entryway with an arc saying 'Florida state prison' leads to buildings, with the a dark, cloudy sky above
Florida state prison in Starke, Florida, on 3 August 2023. Photograph: Curt Anderson/AP Photo

Several Florida jails and prisons are refusing to evacuate their residents ahead of Hurricane Milton despite being in the evacuation zone of the storm.

Manatee county jail, which has 1,200 incarcerated people and is located on the south-east side of Tampa Bay, in the path of the hurricane that was roaring towards it across the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, will not be evacuating, a representative of the jail told Newsweek on Tuesday.

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