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| Security breach investigated at Miami-Dade jail |
| By miamiherald.com |
| Published: 07/05/2013 |
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MIAMI -- Miami-Dade County corrections officials say they are investigating a security breach that opened jail cell doors in a maximum security wing. When the electronically controlled doors opened June 13 at the Miami jail, four inmates attacked a fifth inmate, Kenneth Williams, who leapt from a second-floor tier to escape. Williams remains hospitalized with injuries to his ankle and back. The Miami Herald (http://hrld.us/14U3NPO) obtained internal corrections department reports about the breach. The agency's assistant director, Marydell Guevara, says 48 cell doors were open for less than five minutes. Corrections officers subdued the other four inmates with pepper spray and confiscated at least two homemade shanks, the newspaper reported. Williams was arrested for possession of a contraband blade. Officials say a similar breach suddenly opened cell doors May 20, though no incidents involving inmates were reported. "I still can't believe it actually occurred," said Williams' lawyer, J.C. Dugue. "The negligence is amazing, especially if they knew this was already a problem. My client has lots of enemies in jail and he is in a safety cell for a reason." Read More. |
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