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Officers At Fault In Prisoner's Escape
By dailytarheel.com
Published: 11/22/2010

Correction department officers might have been responsible for the Tuesday escape of a prisoner receiving treatment at UNC Hospitals, said Bob Lewis, director of the N.C. Division of Prisons.

Lewis said Friday that the inmate, 46-year-old Farley Linford Bernard, was not handcuffed or restrained in any way when he was captured Tuesday, indicating that the officers failed to follow proper procedure.

“It’s fairly common knowledge that he probably didn’t do it himself,” Lewis said. “And it probably had to be done by one of our staff.”

Lewis said the restraints were likely removed before Bernard stepped behind a curtain to change into a hospital gown. He could not comment on the details of correction department protocol.

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