Three Texas prisons were evacuated over Hurricane Harvey, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ).
Some 4,500 inmates were moved elsewhere as heavy rains lash southern Texas.
The Ramsey, Terrell, and Stringfellow Units in Rosharon were evacuated, according to a press release from the agency. The prisoners were loaded on TDCJ buses and were sent to East Texas prisons—along with corrections officers and other staff.
The inmates will be able to call home, but they won’t be able to receive visits at this time.
Cars sit abandoned at a flooded gas station after Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the Texas Gulf coast and brought heavy rain to the region, in Houston, Texas, U.S. on Aug. 26, 2017. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
