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| Fenceless prisons defended after latest escape |
| By boston.com |
| Published: 12/02/2009 |
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A multistate manhunt for an inmate who strolled out of a Bridgewater prison last week after learning he had been indicted on a rape charge has drawn attention to a little-known fact about minimum-security prisons in the state: Inmates can walk away. Correctional officials acknowledged yesterday that only one of the nine facilities that house the state’s 1,261 minimum-security inmates is surrounded by a fence, and doors are often kept unlocked to accommodate inmates who come and go to eat, work, exercise, and attend programs. Yet, Manson Brown, whose escape from the Old Colony Correctional Center last Friday has triggered a massive search, is the only state inmate at a minimum security prison to walk off this year, according to correctional officials. Seven fled from minimum-security prisons last year; just one did in 2007. Prison officials said they have no plans to tighten security at the state’s minimum-security prisons, which are run in much the same way as other minimum-security facilities nationwide. Read More. |
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