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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. Above: Police watch over prisoners from Orleans Parish Prison who were evacuated to an overpass due to flooding after Hurricane Katrina