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Sheriffs face lawsuit after keeping inmates in jail during mandatory evacuation order

“This conduct shocks the conscience; our country’s Constitution simply cannot tolerate this type of discriminatory treatment, where all free citizens evacuate to save their life, but inmates are placed in dire straits at a local jail because they are incarcerated — noting that many inmates are pretrial detainees who have merely (been) accused of a crime.“

Charlotte Observer

September 14, 2018