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| Official: Prisoners escaped solitary recreation areas |
| By seattletimes.com- Andrew DeMillo |
| Published: 08/15/2017 |
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Two disturbances at an Arkansas prison — including one that involved three officers being held hostage by inmates — began when prisoners managed to escape solitary fenced-in areas during their recreation breaks, the state’s top correction official told lawmakers Monday. Correction Department Director Wendy Kelley said last week’s incident at the Maximum Security Unit in Tucker began when two inmates escaped from their solitary recreation cages and followed two officers escorting another inmate inside. Several inmates held the officers for three hours, after taking their keys and a Taser, before releasing them and surrendering. An incident at the same prison on July 22 that prompted a guard to fire warning shots into the air also involved inmates escaping the recreation cages, the department has previously said. Read More. |
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