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Ahead of Florence, SC Officials Say They Will Not Evacuate Ridgeland Prison

HeadlineSep 12, 2018

More than 1.5 million people have been ordered to evacuate North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia as Hurricane Florence approaches. Yet prison officials say they will not evacuate nearly 1,000 prisoners at the Ridgeland Correctional Institution in Jasper County, South Carolina.

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