With the absolute first to be evacuated. Hospitals, Nursing Homes and the the Prisons. Who would have cared if they had evacuated these people. People in all three of these places want out.
Do you want prisoners to break out and start looting after the storm? One way of getting people to evacuate is to secure their property. Leaving prisoners in local jails is not a way to instill confidence in law abiding citizens that their property will be protected in their absence.