More than 1,000 inmates rode out Hurricane Milton at Manatee jail. Here’s what happened
As Hurricane Milton plowed through Manatee County, 1,154 inmates were left behind at the county jail in Palmetto, which sits in a mandatory evacuation area. Randy Warren, a spokesman for the Sheriff’s Office, told the Bradenton Herald that 117 staff members, 10 nurses and two paramedics worked through the storm at the jail.