But this time was different. When we reached master control, the floor officer was escorting two prisoners in from the rec yard saying that three went out for morning rec. The security sergeant and myself went out to the rec yard and saw where the rec cage cyclone fence had been parted. On the outside of the breech was a massive amount of blood and on the perimeter fence were two institutional jackets used to cover up the razor wire, this being winter and it was cold and dark outside.
The emergency count verified we were missing one prisoner. As the security officer, I knew who the prisoner was and had all kinds of telephone records and names of people he had contacted, which I provided to AST, which is the investigating agency for all prison escapes. In the end, AST captured the guy that day and the escape charge netted the guy eight extra years. About one year for each hour of freedom. And a lot of scars. I've seen a prisoner who had razor wire scars and they were pretty bad. The next guy probably won't make it past the outer fence. The razor wire was replaced with barbed razor wire that shreds you as it entangles you.
Well, most in the machine would know in a situation like that, you never ever contact any previous known contacts including friends, relatives etc as they’re all being watched. In fact now they’ll all be investigated on top of being under surveillance.
BTW, this venue had 30 foot walls, and they came out of a manhole over a block away in a neighborhood adjacent to prison camp.
Regardless of what these guys are all about, this seems brilliantly planned out, which would likely include researching drain pipes and building construction plans. This took a while, but they had all the time in the world to plan every detail.
Fortunately, every emergency count I ever participated in, was resolved like that. People don't like to come up short on their counts. The administration tends to try to fire everyone involved.