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Planning/urban studies prof. Road safety, engineering, behavior, & culture; inclusive disaster evac; planning in the Petropyrocene. drtaragoddard.bsky.social
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Public Health And Architecture Professors Discuss Impact Of Natural Disasters On Incarcerated People

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By J. Carlee Purdum, Tara Goddard, Lesley Henton, Drs. Benika Dixon
| Texas A&M Today
The United States has almost 2 million people behind bars in prisons, jails and detention centers – the largest such population in any country. Although incarcerated people are locked away from the outside world, they are even more vulnerable to the impacts of disasters, such as hurricanes and wildfires, than the rest of society. People who are incarcerated can’t take protective actions, such as evacuating or securing their belongings. They have no say in decisions that the system makes for them.
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By Benika C. Dixon, J. Carlee Purdum, Tara Goddard
| The Invading Sea Verified
By Benika Dixon, Texas A&M University; J. Carlee Purdum, University of Houston; and Tara Goddard, Texas A&M University The United States has almost 2 million people behind bars in prisons, jails and detention centers – the largest such population in any country. Although incarcerated people are locked away from the outside world, they are even more vulnerable to the impacts of disasters, such as hurricanes and wildfires, than the rest of society.
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Jails and prisons often fail to protect incarcerated people during natural disasters

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By Benika C. Dixon, J. Carlee Purdum, Tara Goddard
| Phys.org Verified
The United States has almost 2 million people behind bars in prisons, jails and detention centers—the largest such population in any country. Although incarcerated people are locked away from the outside world, they are even more vulnerable to the impacts of disasters, such as hurricanes and wildfires, than the rest of society. People who are incarcerated can't take protective actions, such as evacuating or securing their belongings. They have no say in decisions that the system makes for them.
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