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Gabrielle Tolliver September 27, 2018 Human Rights History Finalize Topic

Topic: How New Orleans’ prisoners were treated during Hurricane Katrina.

Previously in class I chose to do Human Rights in ,but I decided to choose a topic that was more personal. One that does not get the attention in this city, one that deserves justice. During the preparation for Hurricane Katrina, the prisoners in the city were not given any evacuation opportunities or materials needed to survive during such a massive storm. This goes against modern day human rights as we know them. Giving the incarcerated basic rights to leave the city just as any other citizen was of no importance to the leaders in the city. Their stories should not be silenced anymore ; their voices deserved to be heard. In the Hurricane Katrina article on Wikipedia there is only two sentences about the prisoners “There is evidence that many prisoners were abandoned in their cells during the storm, while the guards sought shelter. Hundreds of prisoners were later registered as "unaccounted for". What happened to these prisoners? Was there a plan for their transplant somewhere else? What occurred to the prisoners who did survive the storm? In these sources there are descriptions of how the inmates were treated and the living conditions these prisoners had to endure.

Resources: Testimonials from Inmates Incarcerated at Orleans Parish Prison during Hurricane Katrina https://www.aclu.org/files/images/asset_upload_file182_23418.pdf New Orleans: Prisoners Abandoned in Floodwater https://www.hrw.org/news/2005/09/21/new-orleans-prisoners-abandoned-floodwaters Hurricane Katrina and the Lost Prisoners of New Orleans https://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-shaw/hurricane-katrina-and-the_b_541639.html "Exile Nation: Drugs, Prisons, Politics & Spirituality" by Charles Shaw