![]() Sunday by cutting a hole in a fence surrounding a recreation yard, the Philadelphia Department of Prisons said. Prison officials said there was an ongoing investigation reviewing staffing assignments and security tapes.Īmeen Hurst, 18, and Nasir Grant, 24, escaped from the center, one of several prison facilities clustered together along State Road, around 8:30 p.m. on Monday reportedly showed that all prisoners were accounted for, and prison staff did not become aware of the escaped inmates until about 3 p.m. Philadelphia Prisons Department Commissioner Blanche Carney said during a news conference Monday night that headcounts conducted at 11 p.m. In a statement late Tuesday, the executive staff of the department “categorically denied” claims that the executive office had closed posts due to a staffing shortage and that those closures enabled the escape. “Of course I'm not saying that the commissioner took a key and let them out, but vital posts were cut that could have prevented this.” I've been saying how something is going to happen, and now that something has happened, so are you listening now?” Robinson said. ![]() “I’ve been talking about the staffing and safety issues for years and seemingly being ignored. That's what happened the night the men escaped, he said. ![]() When other officers don't report to work, or the prison reaches critically low staffing levels, one officer might be assigned to monitor multiple units, Robinson said. But with recent staffing shortages, the prison has regularly only had one officer assigned to housing units. When the prison is fully staffed, two corrections officers would be assigned to each housing unit. The city's prison department is so understaffed that they have not had the armed perimeter guards on duty during that specific nighttime shift for eight or nine months, said David Robinson, president of the public service employees union’s District 33 Council that represents the correctional officers. The men were gone for nearly 19 hours before officials knew they were missing from the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center. PHILADELPHIA - There were no corrections officers assigned specifically to watch the housing unit of a Philadelphia prison when two inmates escaped Sunday night, and no armed perimeter guards were on duty as the men broke through the prison's fence, a correctional officers union official told The Associated Press on Tuesday.ĭays later, authorities are still searching for the two men - including one who is facing charges in four murders.
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