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Escambia Jail Floods, Left With No Power
June 10, 2012
The basement of the Escambia County Jail flooded during Saturday’s record-setting rains, leaving the facility without power or air conditioning.
About 700 inmates were inside the jail Saturday night — officials will decide Sunday if they need to be moved to other facilities.
As the area outside the jail flooded, the basement of the county lockup filled with water to the ceiling, with some water making it to portions of the first floor. The jail’s electrical panel, laundry and kitchen are in the flooded basement.
The inmates will be fed Sunday from the jail annex across the street.
Extra deputies and corrections officers were brought in to help with security overnight, and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office mobile command post was being used outside.
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10 Responses to “Escambia Jail Floods, Left With No Power”
Mike,,Thanks for the information,,, you could call sometime,,,
Has the Sheriff’s Office released any figures on the amount of damage to vehicles, equipment and buildings?
@ Wendy,
You would think the jail geniuses would have moved all those vehicles huh??
BEST OF LUCK.
In the late 70’s the same areas flooded, especially around the Walmart on Navy Blvd., which was a Zayre’s department store. It along with the Forrest Creek apartment complex were heavily damaged then. The Jail that flooded use to be the old University Hospital and it has flooded numerous times over the years. The electrical panel is still in the same location I see. The fire trucks would come and pump out the hospital basement each time. I don’t know why, but the area around the Sheriff’s Office and the jail have the worst drainage in the county.
I don’t think it would matter if there were 6 drains per parking lot, they would all drain to the same place and when there’s nowhere for the water to go it’s gonna flood
@ Tammy – If only the jail could send the Road Prison some inmates. However, the majority of the sentenced inmates arent eligible for assignment at the Road Prison.based on their current charges or their past history or for medical reeasons.
Those non-sentenced inmates which accounts for 80%+ of the jail inmates cannot be forced to work outside maintaining their living area, unless they volunteer. Those that do volunteer are often rejected based on their current charges, past history, or for medical reasons.
Cheers to the infrastructure morons who only designed one storm drain per parking lot. Good job, guys!
This is bad for the jail,,In the other hand if they would send about 100 plus inmates to the road prison that would help in more ways then one…
I guess the insurance company will send that red Corvette to the salvage auction.
This is unprecedented in my memory. I have never seen water that deep around Pensacola.
Looks like the need some small boats with trolling motors on them to guard the outside.