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| Officials look into cameras on prison buses |
| By Baltimore Sun |
| Published: 02/08/2005 |
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Maryland correctional officials said Monday they are considering equipping prison buses with video surveillance cameras in the wake of an inmate's death last week. "We're looking to have some kind of camera system on the buses," said Priscilla Doggett, a spokeswoman for the Maryland Division of Corrections. "It's something we're seriously exploring." She said Commissioner Frank C. Sizer Jr. directed his staff to contact other states to find out how many use cameras on prison buses, the types of systems that are available and the costs. The move follows the death of Philip E. Parker Jr., 20. He was strangled by another inmate on a trip from a court appearance in Hagerstown to the Maryland Correctional Adjust ment Center, known as Supermax, in Baltimore. He was buried Monday. Although five correctional staff were aboard -- the driver and four officers -- Parker's killing went undetected until the bus arrived in Baltimore at 4:03 a.m. A camera might have captured what happened. |
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