Officials declined to evacuate Apalachee Correctional Institution, one of the many prisons in the storm’s path. After it hit, conditions worsened significantly. At Apalachee Correctional’s East Unit, Michael toppled fences and security infrastructure, tore the roofs off ancillary structures such as the library and laundry buildings and punctured the roofs of multiple dorms, which are now covered in tarps. The conditions degraded to the point where officials placed inmates on restricted movement for nearly a week, meaning they ate only cold sandwiches, had no recreation time or access to canteens.