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| Panhandle jail officials say hostages taken after ambush |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 12/06/2004 |
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An inmate takeover, which ended with the shooting of a hostage and a prisoner, began when a Bay County (Fla.) Jail officer was ambushed during an escape attempt, officials of the company that runs the jail have disclosed. The wounded nurse and inmate survived gunfire from a sheriff's SWAT team that stormed the third floor of the jail to end the 11-hour standoff. The Corrections Corporation of America publicly disclosed details of what happened for the first time last Tuesday, nearly two months later. A jailer entered a cell and tried to awaken an inmate "playing possum" around 9 p.m. Sept. 5, Vice President for Operations Jimmy Turner told The News Herald of Panama City. Another prisoner sneaked up and struck the officer in the head with an improvised weapon, probably a bar of soap or a padlock wrapped in a sock. When the jailer radioed for help, a shift captain closed a riot gate and shut the elevators to keep inmates from getting off the floor, Turner said. With the escape foiled, inmates rushed across the hall to a nurse's station, where they took an officer and three nurses hostage. Four inmates have been charged with felonies stemming from the escape attempt. The shootings remain under investigation by prosecutors. |
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