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| Inmates make a dash for freedom using towels |
| By Independent Online World News |
| Published: 10/18/2004 |
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Nearly 50 prisoners escaped from a Rio de Janeiro, Brazil jail last Sunday using a rope made of sheets and towels in the city's second mass breakout in four days, officials said. The previous Thursday, 69 people fled from a police detention centre on the outskirts via a tunnel dug from the jail's courtyard. This time, 48 prisoners of the Benfica jail in the northern part of Rio made a hole in the ceiling of the cellblock and used a rope to climb the wall of the jail before dawn. A duty official at the state penitentiary secretariat said authorities suspected officers had been paid to turn a blind eye as a turret on the wall was not staffed during the escape. The officers were under arrest. Corruption is widespread in Brazilian prisons as officers are poorly paid, while powerful drug gangs often use money and intimidation to free their comrades. |
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