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New Orleans' Abandoned Prison - Closed Since Hurricane Katrina

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Thanks to Brightland for sponsoring a portion of this video. Try Brightland now! Get 10% off when you click our link and get your first Duo Set https://brightland.co/properpeople In this episode, we explore an abandoned prison tower that has been closed since Hurricane Katrina. This building was known as the Community Correctional Center and it was one of many at the Orleans Parish Prison that flooded during the storm. Inside, inmates were locked in and essentially abandoned for up to 3 days with no food or water. Here are the 400 testimonials from inmates who were inside the prison, if you want you can enter "community correctional center" in the search box to see only testimonies from inmates who were in the particular building we explored: https://www.aclu.org/other/summaries-... Another good read, this document talks about the suspension of habeas corpus following the storm and the collapse of New Orlean's justice system which lead to man …...more
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New Orleans' Abandoned Prison - Closed Since Hurricane Katrina
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2022Feb 7
Thanks to Brightland for sponsoring a portion of this video. Try Brightland now! Get 10% off when you click our link and get your first Duo Set https://brightland.co/properpeople In this episode, we explore an abandoned prison tower that has been closed since Hurricane Katrina. This building was known as the Community Correctional Center and it was one of many at the Orleans Parish Prison that flooded during the storm. Inside, inmates were locked in and essentially abandoned for up to 3 days with no food or water. Here are the 400 testimonials from inmates who were inside the prison, if you want you can enter "community correctional center" in the search box to see only testimonies from inmates who were in the particular building we explored: https://www.aclu.org/other/summaries-... Another good read, this document talks about the suspension of habeas corpus following the storm and the collapse of New Orlean's justice system which lead to many inmates arrested for extremely minor offenses to spend several months behind bars: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/... Finally here is a documentary from the BBC called "Prisoners of Katrina" that we highly recommend: https://vimeo.com/137536619 http://theproperpeople.com JOIN US ON:   / theproperpeople     / theproperpeople     / theproperpeople     / theproperpeople     / theproperpeople     / discord   Thanks to Musicbed for providing the music in this video. http://share.mscbd.fm/theproperpeople (Affiliate Link) Tracklist for this video: Read em and Weep by Ryan Taubert Year Zero by Ryan Taubert I Am Not a Tyrant by Ryan Taubert Foreward by Anton Belov Intro Music: https://artist.landr.com/music/672985... Enjoying our videos? Help us make more by buying a print: http://theproperpeople.com/shop Supporting us on Patreon:   / theproperpeople   Purchasing a t-shirt: http://theproperpeople.com/merch Equipment we use to make our videos: https://theproperpeople.com/gear/

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