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| Escape Attempt by Idaho Inmate Foiled |
| By KBCI |
| Published: 01/13/2003 |
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Security officials at the state maximum security prison say they've stopped an escape plan by inmate Michael Braae. Braae is charged with murder and attempted murder in Washington state, where he's also a suspect in the disappearances of three other women. In Idaho, he's serving at least nine years for assault and eluding an officer in July of 2001. During that incident, he led police on a chase that ended with him jumping in the Snake River on the Oregon-Idaho border. Braae was sentenced in Payette County, and in January of last year, he tried to escape from the jail. In March, Braae was transferred to Idaho's maximum security prison. Officials say he's been planning an escape there for months. Braae has been using his creativity and resourcefulness to try to break out of prison. The staff believes he's acquired some sort of metal... from a phone or mirror that were both found broken since June. In October, staff members discovered his cell window carved along the metal frame. Fisher says, even so, an escape wasn't imminent because Braae still would have had to get past the double fences and barbed wire outside. Plus, the windows are very small. Last month, prison staff found Braae carrying a four-foot rope made from a laundry bag. They searched his cell and found homemade gloves that could be used to protect hands from wire or other conditions- and later, what resembled a homemade handcuff key. This month, officials found black ropes made from his blanket, and sketches of keys commonly used in the prison. Braae is now placed in restraints when he's taken outside. Guards have limited his personal belongings and even given him a rubber mattress so he can't tear it up. |
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