Mike, this is astonishing! From the article you linked::
"early reports from CNN and Fox indicated that the city had no plan for evacuating all of the prisoners in the city's jails--so they just let many of them loose."
if you continue on down they show photos. I saw that on the news on Wed. and thought then they were going to be having a hard time getting that genie back in the bottle.
It is a great article, Sorry i haven't responded till now, my cable modem keeps losing its signal
They reported on Fox that they were letting the prisoners out and with no additional comment, as if it was like letting any law abiding citizen out. Not one single person mentioned that it may be dangerous.