The transfer of South Carolina inmates displaced by a tornado on Monday to U.S. Penitentiary in Lewisburg is underway. Some of the more than 900 inmates expected to be transferred from the medium-security prison in Estill, S.C., to the Union County facility have already arrived, said Andy Kline, president of Local 148. Citing safety and security reasons, Bureau of Prisons

Inclement weather has forced the transfer of hundreds of inmates in recent years. A tornado that damaged multiple housing units, as well as perimeter fencing, at the Limestone Correctional Facility in Capshaw, Ala. in 2012 necessitated the redistribution of 200 inmates …

LIMESTONE COUNTY, AL (WAFF) - Limestone Correctional was struck by a tornado on March 2 and suffered significant damage. A training building was destroyed. Officials reported roof damage to two other buildings as well as two other dorms. Those dorms hold about 250 inmates …

Inmates at tornado-damaged prison to be relocated but feds won't say if it is to Lewisburg Updated: Apr. 15, 2020, 10:02 p.m. | Published: Apr. 15, 2020, 9:59 p.m. By John Beauge | …

200 prisoners transferred out of tornado-damaged Limestone prison. Updated: Jan. 14, 2019, ... The D Dorm at Limestone Correctional Facility was damaged by a tornado on March 2. (Alabama ...

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has confirmed it needs to relocate inmates from a South Carolina prison because of tornado damage but it will not say if they are coming to the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary. For safety and security reasons no additional information will be provided about the relocation of prisoners from the medium-security Estill facility, spokesman Scott Taylor said …

After the 2020 tornado, the FCI was so heavily damaged that the Medium security inmates were transferred in a large bus convoy out of the compound to a federal prison in Pennsylvania. The Campers ...

LEWISBURG – The Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary has been on lockdown since May 12 while staff searches the personal belongings of the approximately 900 inmates transferred from a tornado-damaged ...

An apparent tornado also damaged a state maximum-security prison about 10 miles from Huntsville, but none of the facility's approximately 2,100 inmates escaped. ... that hit Limestone …

CRESTVIEW — A brief tornado is the likely cause of Monday evening's damage to a food service building and outer perimeter fence at the Okaloosa Correctional Institution work camp on Colonel Greg Malloy Road, according to the National Weather Service. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office posted photos from the scene on their Facebook page on Tuesday morning, calling the …

Published: Dec. 28, 2016 at 9:55 AM PST. The county-owned Limestone County Detention Center is slowly filling up with inmates again, more than three years after it was shut down, leaving 250 ...

Limestone Correctional Facility takes "direct hit" from possible tornado, all prisoners "secure" ... Corbett confirmed the roofs of two inmate dormitories, holding 250 prisoners each, were damaged ...

Tornado damage to a dorm at Limestone Correctional Facility. HARVEST, AL (WAFF) - The Alabama Department of Corrections is transferring hundreds of inmates from the Limestone Correctional Facility because of tornado damage to several buildings. A tornado skirted the prison on Friday, March 2, around 9:30 a.m.

Inclement weather has forced the transfer of hundreds of inmates in recent years. A tornado that damaged multiple housing units, as well as perimeter fencing, at the Limestone Correctional Facility in Capshaw, Ala. in 2012 necessitated the redistribution of 200 inmates …