|
|
| Escape Shows Flaws In AZ System |
| By google.com |
| Published: 08/05/2010 |
|
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The three inmates didn't seem to arouse the least bit of suspicion when they sneaked out of their dorm rooms and rushed to the perimeter of the medium-security prison. Alarms that were supposed to go off didn't. No officers noticed anything amiss. And no one was apparently paying attention when the violent criminals sliced open fences with wire cutters and vanished into the Arizona desert in their orange jumpsuits. The series of blunders surrounding the escape and the state's practice of housing hardened murderers and other violent criminals in private, medium-security prisons have placed Arizona corrections officials under intense scrutiny in recent days. Two of the fugitives remained at large Wednesday as the manhunt entered its fifth day. Authorities believe the inmates have left Arizona and were heading east with a girlfriend who allegedly threw the wire cutters over a fence and fled with two of them. Read More. |
MARKETPLACE search vendors | advanced search
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
|

Comments:
No comments have been posted for this article.
Login to let us know what you think