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NM prisoner escape raises concerns about security
By ruidosonews.com- Mary Hudetz
Published: 03/16/2016

ALBUQUERQUE - The two New Mexico prisoners who escaped a fortified transport van picked the locks on their handcuffs with some sort of wire, but it’s still unclear how they could have slipped away without two prison guards noticing, officials said Monday.

The escape of inmates Joseph Cruz and Lionel Clah last week has raised concerns about security within the state’s financially strapped corrections system, and questions linger over how the two escaped and began fleeing about 200 miles toward Albuquerque before authorities knew they were missing.

Both men were apprehended and taken back into custody over the weekend — with authorities arresting Cruz early Friday evening near the University of New Mexico and Clah surrendering outside an Albuquerque apartment complex a day later.

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