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| Escape proves prison at risk |
| By qctimes.com - Barb Ickes |
| Published: 08/02/2012 |
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Illinois - A prison escape is affording a we-told-you-so opportunity for union workers at the East Moline Correctional Center, who have been predicting dark days ahead for the burgeoning prison population. Representatives of the Illinois Department of Corrections have not disclosed how David Stodolny, 41, escaped the minimum-security prison Wednesday. He fled about 8:50 a.m. and was back in custody by 10 a.m., according to a statement by the corrections department. He was apprehended about a half mile from the prison, where he is serving a five-year sentence for cocaine possession. He also served time in prison in 1994 in connection with a vehicle theft, records show. The escape is the second one since October. “We predicted this,” said Gregg Johnson, president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 46, which includes correctional officers at the East Moline prison. “This prisoner never should have been there. Minimum-security prisons are designed for transitioning back into the community. You have to earn your way into EMCC. “That wasn’t the case here.” Read More. |
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