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| Inmate Attempts Escape From Attica |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 11/12/2002 |
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An inmate who escaped from a county jail last year and robbed a bank during eight days of freedom tried to escape Attica Correctional Facility Sunday night, officials said. William Hodge, 34, was with a group of inmates for religious services in Attica's chapel, state Department of Correctional Services spokesman James Flateau said. As officers counted inmates on their way out of chapel, they noticed one missing around 8 p.m., Flateau said. Officers found Hodge hiding outside the chapel, with 67 feet of rope made from bedsheets wound around his torso. Attica's outermost wall is about 30 feet high, Flateau said. Hodge had slipped through a door into an open area surrounded by a chain-link fence, Flateau said. The door is left open to evacuate prisoners in case officers must use tear gas in the chapel, he said. ''The officers did a superb job by ensuring that all policies were followed, which is how they nabbed this guy,'' Flateau said. In Hodge's cell, officers found a ''very convincing'' dummy stuffed clothing shaped under blankets to look as if somebody was sleeping with the covers over his head, Flateau said. Hodge was serving 12 to 15 years at Attica for two counts of robbery and escape. On Nov. 27, 2001, Hodge scaled two 16-foot barbed wire fences and hailed a cab to escape from Albany County Jail. He was recaptured eight days later, and pleaded guilty in January to the escape and two bank robberies one committed after his escape. Two Albany County corrections officers were fired and three others suspended after the escape. The penalty under state law for the attempted escape from the state prison is an additional seven years, Flateau said. Hodge was under a one-on-one security watch in disciplinary housing Sunday night as the department and state police investigated, Flateau said. |
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