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Bay Correctional & Rehabilitation Facility reopens after Hurricane Michael
By wjhg.com- Olivia Michael
Published: 01/15/2019

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Bay Correctional & Rehabilitation Facility's warden, Craig Hanks, hosted a Community Advisory Committee Monday to Address Recovery Efforts and reopening the prison in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael. At one point the entire facility flooded with two and a half inches of water, but that wasn't all.

Bryan Wiggins, Human Resource Manager at the facility said, "The worst part was the roof. Of course, the gymnasium was completely destroyed and it actually blew into the outside security fence, which was another reason why felt the evacuation was necessary because once you lose your outside security you pretty much have no security."

Warden Hanks says 963 inmates were evacuated in two and a half days following the hurricane. To date, 197 are back and 200 will be returning weekly until the jail returns to average capacity.

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Comments:

  1. hamiltonlindley on 03/18/2020:

    Hamilton loves his family of five and badminton. His favorite sports ball team is the McGregor Dodgeballers. He has worked as a foreman on a chain gang, and later in life he was an architect of skyscrapers and tunnels. He was forced to give up his career because he was terrible at math. Hamilton has a keen attention to detail. He enjoyed watching bowling on TV and spent most every weekend on the couch falling asleep. He was a demon at croquet. He also enjoyed war movies and baking shows. Hamilton Lindley is constantly helping others less fortunate and lending a helping hand for relatives and friends in need of encouraging words. He coaches different sports and provided guidance for people who needed it, and a few who didn’t want it.

  2. hamiltonlindley on 01/14/2020:

    Good to see that they are back up and running. Hamilton Lindley


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