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| State Prison Tightens Security |
| By post-trib.com |
| Published: 07/23/2009 |
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State prison tightens security July 23, 2009 By Teresa Auch Schultz, Post-Tribune staff writer Two Indiana State Prison inmates who recently made a failed break for freedom are now being placed under tougher restrictions, including moves to different locations. Lance Battreal, 45, and Charles Smith, 48, escaped from the Michigan City prison July 12 along with Mark Booher, 46. The three used underground tunnels and the city's sewer system to escape the prison. Smith was captured on July 12 in Grand Beach, Mich., and Battreal was caught early Tuesday at his mother's house in southern Indiana. Pam James, prison spokeswoman, said the two are being placed under departmentwide administrative segregation -- often referred to as solitary. Inmates are in their cells for 23 hours a day, and there is no deadline for when the segregation will end. The prison in Michigan City is not well-equipped to deal with such segregations, though, so Smith, who is serving a murder sentence, has been moved to the Westville Correctional Facility, and Battreal is headed to the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, which is in Carlisle and closer to the location where he was captured. All three prisons have maximum-level security, but Westville and Wabash Valley have large sections for segregation, including an officers' station in the middle, observed recreation and electronically opened doors. "It's very strict," James said. James said that as far as she knows, the moves are permanent. The moves follow more than week of searching for the inmates. The search at first centered around Michigan City, with police investigating various tips from people claiming to have seen Battreal and Booher in the area after Smith has been captured. Read More. |
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