Prisoners escape in daring jailbreak<\/p>\n
MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi (JP): Police opened fire on 53
\ninmates attempting to escape from the Gunung Sari penitentiary
\nhere in the early hours of Sunday morning, injuring five of them.<\/p>\n
Another nine inmates were wounded in the operation to
\nrecapture the escapees. One of them, Jaree, fractured his spine
\nafter falling from a coconut tree.<\/p>\n
As of dusk, police had recaptured 20 prisoners, who had
\nescaped by pushing over a wall under reconstruction following a
\nfire that had preceded a previous jailbreak in August last year.<\/p>\n
South Sulawesi Police chief Brig. Gen. Mudji Sutrisno said
\nafter his visit to the jail that he had ordered his force to
\ntighten security in the penitentiary's vicinity and the town's
\nsouthern borders with Gowa and Maros.<\/p>\n
\"We have warned people to be careful of strangers. We also
\nhave asked the families of the inmates to cooperate with us, by
\ntelling us as soon as they spot the escapees,\" Mudji said.<\/p>\n
Police from the Mobile Brigade unit were deployed to secure
\nthe area within a radius of 10 kilometers of the prison. Nearby
\nresidents were suggested to step up their community night
\npatrols.<\/p>\n
Mudji said the prisoners' disappointment with the wardens over
\ndiscriminative behavior triggered the jailbreak. There were only
\n14 wardens watching over 250 inmates on the day of the break.<\/p>\n
An on-duty warden, Samsir H. Azis, told The Jakarta Post that
\nguards had left a cell block unlocked following threats from a
\ngroup of inmates on Saturday.<\/p>\n
\"We fulfilled their request because many of the convicts carry
\nsharp weapons,\" Samsir told the Post.<\/p>\n
The prisoners fled the jail through the north gate without
\nmuch trouble, Samsir said.<\/p>\n
Chief warden Sukartono denied his men's involvement in the
\nescape, blaming instead the prison's poor condition as a result
\nof last year's jailbreak.<\/p>\n
Data from Tamalate Police station reveal that the escapees
\ninclude Bado and Arman, who are both serving life sentences. Most
\nof the inmates who escaped had been imprisoned several times for
\nmurders, assaults and robberies. (27\/edt)<\/p>",
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