eh... how is that the US government? All prisons were ordered evacuated, so wouldnt that be the sheriffs fault?
yocass Reviewed by yocass on . Yet another outrageous human rights atrocity by the US gov't New Orleans prisoners left to drown after Katrina struck By Fergus Michaels 1 October 2005 http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/oct2005/katr-o01.shtml A statement issued by Human Rights Watch reports that the New Orleans Sheriffâ??s Department abandoned hundreds of prisoners in the Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) compound for several days after Hurricane Katrina hit on August 29. The report documents a particularly brutal example of the indifference and contempt for human life that characterized Rating: 5