Killer-Escapees Nabbed (as of 12:14 a.m.,June 4, 2009)

Killer-Escapees Nabbed in N.Y.
From news sources:

Calvin Adams, 39, and Jeffrey Grinder, 32, who escaped prison in Grady, Arkansas last week, were arrested by State and City police in Hornell, New York, after a 20-mile car chase Tuesday.

Adams, the driver, was charged with reckless endangerment. Both are being held pending a court appearance today to determine their extradition status.

Both men are convicted murderers who were serving life sentences in Arkansas. They escaped from the prison in Grady Friday night in uniforms believed made in the prison shops. They walked right past guards and into a waiting automobile. Five guards have been suspended without pay pending a state investigation.

Three persons suspected of providing the automobile have been arrested: Deana Davison and Ryan McKinney, both of Little Rock, and Michael Stephenson of Jacksonville. They are charged with furnishing an implement to aid an escape, a felony.

Three Idaho Escapees Caught in Big Sky Country
Adapted from Missoulian.com:

SUPERIOR, Montana - Three Idaho inmates discovered missing early Monday from a work crew building and repairing trails east of the Avery Ranger Station in north central Idaho were apprehended in the small western Montana community of Superior Tuesday evening.

Matthew S. Harris and Jeffrey Anthony Whipple were taken into custody shortly after 6 p.m. The third escapee, Garry G. Layman, was found about two hours later hiding near some railroad tracks.

Deputies were distributing fliers when they were called from the Town Pump, a local shop, to be told that two of the escapee were spotted there. Police entered the shop with guns drawn and apprehended Harris and Whipple.. But Layman wasn't there.

One report had the suspect spotted in a grey SUV headed for Missoula, but a search of the area resulted in his arrest not far from the store where his accomplices had been caught.

The three had an initial appearance before a justice of the peace in Superior early Wednesday afternoon to act on warrants issued through Shoshone County in Idaho. They waived extradition and were transported to Wallace, Idaho, Wednesday afternoon.

Layman, 36, was serving a two- to eight-year sentence for burglary in Bannock County, Idaho. He was eligible to be considered for parole on Dec. 24. Harris, 26, was serving a one- to five-year sentence for burglary, also in Bannock County, and was scheduled to be released on Dec. 28. Whipple, 46, was serving a one-and-a-half to five-year sentence for illegal possession of a weapon. He was eligible to be considered for parole on Sept. 20, 2009.

The inmates were assigned to the Givens Hall Work Camp at the Idaho Correctional Institution in Orofino. The three were considered minimum security inmates because of good behavior and because they were within a year of being at least eligible for release.

150 Inmates Flee Nigerian Lockup
From ThisDayonline.com, Nigeria:

ENUGU, Nigeria: Overpowering security officials shortly after midnight, no fewer than150 inmates of Enugu Prisons yesterday escaped custody.

THISDAY learnt the prisoners broke roofs, ceilings and several locks to facilitate their escape. They also allegedly attacked the prison officials, beating them to a state of coma before making good their escape. One of the escaping inmates died falling from a high wall.

Comptroller-General of the Prisons Service Olusola Ogundipe rushed to Enugu Prisons yesterday morning after being alerted of the incident. Ogundipe said of the 987 inmates in the prison, 150 escaped and that the quick assistance from the Army, Police and Civil Defence helped to re-capture 120 of them, leaving only 20 whom he said were now being hunted in all parts of the country.

He said the reason for the escape of the inmates was simply agitation, adding that the population of inmates was on the high side, with 724 prisoners awaiting trial. Ogundipe disclosed that no convicted or condemned inmate was among them.

Reacting to the report that some of male inmates had raped the female inmates, Ogundipe said this was being investigated.

Enugu Prisons was built in 1924.


46 Uganda Inmates Make Breaks From Two Lockups

Adapted from DailyMonitor.co.ug/ Mbarara/Kampala, Uganda:

Some 46 suspects broke out of police cells in two separate incidents in Mbarara and Sironko districts.

Police say that at around 1am Sunday morning, 16 of 20 suspects escaped from Sironko Police Station custody in the eastern part of Uganda while at around 5am on the same morning, 30 suspects found their way out of Mbarara Police Station. The escapees were all awaiting trilon various charges.

The cells that the suspects escaped from are now occupied by police officers who were supposed to guard the cells. In Sironko, five police officers had been arrested for allegedly aiding the suspects to escape: Corporal Janet Etoi, Officer in charge of the counter, Paulo Mugobe, and constables Nelson Musana, Vincent Kiranda and P. Masangweyi.

This is the second escape at the station in two months. The first happened in March when 15 suspects escaped. The number of guards at the police station that the prisoners escaped from has been increased from three to six to ensure security.

Last year, Police investigated 1,212 cases of escapes from lawful custody, which resulted in the conviction of 786 people.

Otherwise, the Ugandan prison system is watertight.

That's it for me. I will blog again when there is news again.