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| Missouri Prisoners Digging Escape Tunnel Were Better Behaved |
| By chesterfield.patch.com - John Hoffmann |
| Published: 11/07/2011 |
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For over 20 years, mentioning Missouri Prisons brought the name Donald Wyrick to mind. Wyrick was the youngest warden of the Missouri Penitentiary and served the longest. He was the only warden to work his way up from an entry level position of guard. He was tough as nails and no-nonsense. He's now retired. But Wyrick, now 83, was a colorful warden. My favorite story about Wyrick came from a friend and former state trooper who was assigned to Jefferson City. The trooper worked on a case that involved the arrest of several inmates who were digging an escape tunnel from the main prison there. Wyrick told troopers and the local sheriff that he was aware of the tunnel digging over the previous six weeks, but allowed it to continue. “When they were digging the tunnel, they kept out of trouble," Wyrick said, according to the trooper. "They didn’t want to do anything to get them in trouble and lockdown. In a way they were model prisoners,” Wyrick quipped, according to the trooper. The inmates were later stopped and charged with attempted escape. At a meeting last month, Missouri Director of Corrections George A. Lombardi, addressed residents in Creve Coeur City Hall. Lombardi was an administrator for 33 years with the Missouri Department of Corrections before being appointed director by Governor Jay Nixon. Read More. |
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