Prison Riot/Hostage Situation erupts after Katrina, page 1

This breaking story was mentioned as a word of mouth/tv rumor in the Hurricane Katrina thread, but it is just now being confirmed in print by news outlets. As the story will undoubtedly evolve on its own, I felt it deserved its own thread... especially if it results in a gun battle between the military and the prisoners:

abcnews.go.com...

"Aug. 30, 2005 — Inmates at a prison in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans have rioted, attempted to escape and are now holding hostages, a prison commissioner told ABC News affiliate WBRZ in Baton Rouge, La.
Orleans Parish Prison Commissioner Oliver Thomas reported the incident to WB

"A deputy at Orleans Parish Prison, his wife and their four children have been taken hostage by rioting prisoners after riding out Hurricane Katrina inside the jail building, according to WBRZ. "

It seems that many prison officials brought their families to the pen in the hope that they could survive the storm. Unfortunately, those very same civilians are now at the hands of enraged criminals. Pray for them.

www.ctv.ca...

Prison riots

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said late Tuesday that her office hasn't been able to verify reports of a prison riot and hostage-taking at a New Orleans jail.

Orleans Parish Prison Commissioner Oliver Thomas told an ABC News affiliate that inmates at the prison have rioted, attempted to escape and are now holding hostages.

Thomas told WBRZ News in Baton Rouge, La. that a deputy at the prison, his wife and their four children have been taken hostage by rioting prisoners after riding out the hurricane inside the jail building.

Blanco said downed communications systems have made it impossible to confirm the report.

"I do know that this morning we were trying to transfer prisoners form Jefferson (Parish Jail) and Orleans to other state prisons, because there's no electricity, no food," she told CNN.
"I'm not sure exactly what's going on."

Martial law

Meanwhile, local television stations reported that martial law has been declared in some parts of New Orleans, including the parishes of Orleans, Jefferson and Plaquemines.

Due to the quickly deteriorating conditions, no one but emergency personnel was being allowed into the city.

The declaration allows the military to assume control over civilian forces, and is imposed to restore order in times of war and emergency.

www.ctv.ca...

This is what Ive got

Hi,

this is my first post. I'm not sure if there is another thread running here about
the prison situation in Louisiana, but this one seems appropriate, so here goes:

' An Australian survivor of Hurricane Katrina has told of the horrors he faced in two Louisiana jails, including being threatened and robbed by an armed inmate and watching another get stabbed."

The guy got locked up for drunk and disorderly then was evac'd to a prison, that eventually got flooded etc. Here's a link:

Link

I think his story could be an interesting one, being as he as an insiders view of what went on in there as well as not currently being in that prison system, as he was found by an Australian consular official and is probably back in Oz as we speak.

cheers

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