2110's Inmate Democide

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The 2110's Inmate Democide was the term to describe the era from 2110 to 2114 where mass amounts of inmates held in federal and state prisons across the United States were ordered killed by their respective authorities.
=Background=
The situation across the United States of America directly following Doomsday was complete chaos and most jurisdictions were left in an anarchic state. The majority of human populations across the country were near entirely wiped out and what communities could survive the immediate aftermath were left stranded in a wasteland of death. The Federal Government was left isolated in Washington D.C. and lost it's ability to provide for the States. Most communities began to starve to death as the land used to grow crops and food was irritated and unusable.
=Mass killings=
As fear of starvation and loss of resources began to wreck havoc on American communities, many towns decided to implement a policy of executing all held prisoners to preserve what little food remained. The first recorded implementation of this policy was on September 30th, 2110, by Texas Governor Joe Barton. He ordered all prisons and jails across the El Paso area to be "liquidated" of their entire populations. A recorded 3,400 were reported to have died as a result.
Many other cities and towns across the United States would implement similar policies as the years went on. Known death tolls are upwards of 23,000 + from 2110 to 2114.
==Atwood Administration== 
After taking Office, Benjamin Atwood issued Executive Order 1921, ordering for a commission to be set up to determine who currently held in prison should be either drafted into the military or executed to preserve resources. The commission created decided on the crime itself. Crimes such as child abuse, first degree murder, treason, rape or domestic terrorism were immediate sentence to death. All people who were spared by the committee would be allowed to live on the condition that they joined the United States Military or Civil Defense Force for a period of ten years. Those who refused were sentenced to death.
=End of the Democide=
In 2114 President Atwood repealed Executive Order 1921 after deeming it's purpose fulfilled and there no longer being a requirement. Those drafted into the military would still be legally required to serve their sentence on threat of execution. While officially abolished acts of democide against prisoners' would continue across the United States for the rest of Atwood term, who turned a blind eye to them. The practice would only come to an end by the Columbia Administration who cracked down on inmate abuse.
=Legacy=
The Inmate Democide is remembered harshly for it's disregard for human life and death toll. However polls taken up to twenty years after the end of Democide would show overwhelming support for the practice, constantly receiving upwards of 98% support.