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| Evacuated inmates about to be moved due to heat issues |
| By expressnews.com- Gabrielle Banks |
| Published: 09/22/2017 |
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It’s been a busy summer for prison bus drivers in Texas. First a federal court order prompted Texas prison officials to move vulnerable inmates at a geriatric unit into air-conditioned facilities, and only weeks later an epic hurricane triggered evacuations at three prisons along the swollen Brazos River. Now, a new court order has caused the Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials to hit the roads again. Beginning Friday, officials said they’d move the majority of a Rosharon facility’s inmates who were housed during Hurricane Harvey in a non-air-conditioned facility in Navasota, to a third site in Beaumont. More than 700 heat-sensitive evacuees were expected to be transferred. Read More. |
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