3 Missing at Branchville

[Oops Again]

At 10:45am this morning, 3 offenders were unaccounted for from the Branchville Correctional Facility.

[Oops Again]

Police Looking For Branchville Escapees

Friday, Mar 20, 2009 @10:53am CST

Police in the Tri-State are on the look out for 3 escapees from the Branchville Correctional Complex near Tell City, Indiana.
According to police dispatches the inmates hit a prison employee with a hammer then ran away.
Indiana State Police have confirmed that the men have made it outside the prison.
A cut fence has been found on the northwest side of the complex.
Officials are looking for Christopher Marshall, Jerry Sargeant, and Bobby Cockerell, 3 while males dressed in khaki clothing.
Police say they are armed and dangerous.
This is the same prison where a prisoner escaped about a year ago.
We have a crew on the way and will bring you more when it becomes available on Fox 7 News and right here on Tristatehomepage.com
At least one resident has called FOX 7 to say schools near the prison are on lock down.

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[Oops]

Branchville, IN - The Branchville Correctional Facility in Perry County in southern Indiana is on the hunt for three prisoners.

Reports say a prison employee was struck with a hammer.

Police are looking for:
Jerry Sargent, 59, white, 6'5" tall, 210 lbs.,
Christopher Marshall, 49, white, 5'9" 188 lbs.,
Bobby Cockrell, 32, white, 6'2" 220 lbs.

The men are wearing khaki prison outfits and are considered armed and dangerous.

[Finn]

Branchville - Three inmates who escaped from southern Indiana's Branchville Correctional Facility are considered dangerous.

It's not clear how Friday's escape occurred, but two of the men were assigned to a welding shop and authorities believe they assaulted and injured a maintenance worker. Officials say that worker has been airlifted to the University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, Ky.

The inmates are identified as 49-year-old Christopher Marshall, who's serving a 50-year sentence for dealing cocaine; 59-year-old Jerry Sargent, who's serving a 50-year sentence for robbery and criminal confinement; and 31-year-old Bobby Cockerell, serving a 20-year sentence for burglary.

The prison is about 50 miles west of Louisville.

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Branchville - Three inmates who escaped from southern Indiana's Branchville Correctional Facility are considered dangerous.

The inmates are identified as:
49-year-old Christopher Marshall, who's serving a 50-year sentence for dealing cocaine ;
59-year-old Jerry Sargent, who's serving a 50-year sentence for robbery and criminal confinement; wthr.images.worldnow.com/images/10042881_BG4.jpg [/img]
31-year-old Bobby Cockerell, serving a 20-year sentence for burglary.

Police say the men were last accounted for at the facility around 8:15 CDT Friday morning. Marshall and Sargent were assigned to the welding shop at the facility and are believed to have assaulted a maintenance worker prior to the escape. The method of escape is still under investigation.

The maintenance worker was airlifted to the University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. The prison is about 50 miles west of Louisville.

Local, state and federal law enforcement say they are conducting an intensive investigation to locate and apprehend the escaped prisoners. Anyone with information is asked to call their local police or 911.

[central]

Police search Kentucky
for 3 escapees
Updated: Sunday, 22 Mar 2009, 9:57 PM EDT
Published : Sunday, 22 Mar 2009, 8:03 PM EDT

CAMPBELLSBURG, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky State Police say they are conducting a ground and air search for three inmates who escaped from a southern Indiana prison after a truck stolen a few miles from the prison was found abandoned in Kentucky.



Lt. Chad White with the Kentucky State Police Post 5 in Campbellsburg said Sunday evening there had not been any confirmed sightings of the inmates.

White says in addition to searching from the air, police are conducting road checks.

The 1989 Ford F-250 was found along Interstate 71 northbound in Carroll County, about 30 miles south of Cincinnati. Earlier in the day, Indiana State Police said that truck was apparently stolen from the town of St. Croix, just a few miles from the Branchville Correctional Facility. The three inmates from the prison escaped Friday.



The prison is about 50 miles west of Louisville, Ky.

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3 escapees stole truck, guns in Ky.

CAMPBELLSBURG, Ky. — Kentucky State Police say three inmates who escaped from a Southern Indiana prison assaulted a person and stole a truck and multiple weapons in northern Kentucky.

State Police Capt. Dean Hayes in Campbellsburg said today that the men assaulted someone at a home in Sanders, then took a dull green 1998 Ford Ranger 4X4 super cab with Kentucky registration plate 7824BZ. Troopers say that at many as 10 different guns also were stolen.

Hayes said the inmates, wearing flannel shirts and blue jeans, appear to be headed north since Sanders is north of Carroll County, where troopers found a different truck the men were suspected of taking Sunday.

The man who was assaulted was being taken to an area hospital, but Hayes could not provide details about his injuries.

The three inmates escaped from the Branchville Correctional Facility in Indiana on Friday.

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[IDOCO]

Multi-state manhunt for escapees continues
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Campbellsburg, Ky. - A Kentucky State Police spokesman says the search for three inmates who escaped from an Indiana state prison has become a multi-state manhunt after the men assaulted three Kentucky residents and stole guns, cash and clothing.

Trooper Seth Willis said Monday that authorities, including U.S. Marshals, had originally intensified their search in northern Kentucky after the inmates assaulted, bound and held three people at home in Sanders at 11:30 a.m. EDT.

Police said the inmates stole 10 guns, cash and flannel shirts and blue jeans, and one of the residents had to be flown to a hospital in Louisville for treatment of his injuries.

But Willis said after a day of false sightings, authorities have put out word to agencies in neighboring Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia and even as far away as Missouri to watch for the three inmates.

Earlier Monday state Police Capt. Dean Hayes in Campbellsburg said the men took a dull green 1998 Ford Ranger 4X4 super cab with Kentucky registration plate 7824BZ from the Sanders house.

The three inmates escaped from the Branchville Correctional Facility in Indiana on Friday.

[Robin Meade]

(CNN) -- Authorities were hunting Tuesday in Kentucky for three escaped convicts who were considered armed and dangerous after guns were stolen during a home-invasion robbery.

Authorities had no new leads in their search Tuesday. But investigators said Monday that unconfirmed sightings had placed Christopher Marshall, Jerry Sargent and Bobby Cockerell in northern Kentucky, three days after they had broken out of the Branchville Correctional Facility near Tell City, Indiana, about 80 miles west of Louisville.

They were suspected of stealing a truck from a town near the prison and robbing three brothers in Sanders, Kentucky, about 65 miles east of Louisville, early Monday. The brothers were attacked, bound and held in their home for about an hour and a half while their assailants made off with guns and money, Kentucky State Police said.

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"The three men left the residence with a sizable amount of cash and 10 guns of various types and calibers," State Police Capt. Dean Hayes said in a statement. "Also taken from the residence were several pairs of flannel shirts and jeans."

Police were looking for a dull-green 1998 Ford Ranger pickup in the case.

One of the three brothers was hospitalized after the encounter, while the other two were treated and released, Kentucky State Police said.

Marshall, 49, was serving a 50-year sentence for dealing cocaine, said Nick Zellers, a spokesman for the prison. Sargent, 59, was serving a 50-year term on robbery and criminal confinement charges, and Cockerell, 31, was serving a 20-year term for burglary, Zellers said in a statement.

Marshall and Sargent had been working in the welding shop, Zellers said. The convicts attacked a maintenance worker at the Indiana prison before breaking out, but investigators had not determined how they got out of the prison, he said.
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[Robin Meade]

[ATF]

ATF joins hunt for 3
escapees
Men escaped Branchville Correctional
Facility

CAMPBELLSBURG, Ky. (AP) - Federal agents have secured arrest warrants for three escaped Indiana inmates who are suspected of assaulting three Kentucky men and stealing guns, cash and clothing.

Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Agent George Huffman in Lexington told The Associated Press on Wednesday that warrants for the three men on gun charges have been issued.

The men escaped from the Branchville Correctional Facility in Indiana on Friday.

Kentucky State Police said the men attacked three brothers in the northern Kentucky town of Sanders on Monday and took a dull-green 1998 Ford Ranger 4X4 super cab with Kentucky license plate 7824Bz.

On Monday, troopers put out word to agencies in neighboring Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia and Missouri to watch for the three inmates.

[CNN]

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Federal agents join hunt for 3 Indiana escapees

(CNN) -- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have joined the manhunt for three escaped Indiana convicts at the request of state and local officials.

A manhunt is under way for three escapees; Jerry Sargent (left), Christopher Marshall (middle) and Bobby Cockerell.

Christopher Marshall, Jerry Sargent and Bobby Cockerell broke out of the Branchville Correctional Facility near Tell City, Indiana, last week, authorities said. Tell City is about 80 miles west of Louisville, Kentucky.

Police suspect the men of stealing a truck from a town near the prison and robbing three brothers in Sanders, about 65 miles east of Louisville, early Monday. The brothers were attacked, bound and held in their home for about an hour and a half while their assailants made off with guns and money, according to the Kentucky State Police.

"The three men left the residence with a sizable amount of cash and 10 guns of various types and calibers," State Police Capt. Dean Hayes said in a statement. "Also taken from the residence were several pairs of flannel shirts and jeans."

The three escapees now face federal charges of possessing stolen firearms as well as felony possession of firearms, said ATF spokesman George Huffman. Because they were convicted of violent crimes, Huffman said, they are not allowed to possess firearms at all.

Police are looking for a dull-green 1998 Ford Ranger pickup with Kentucky license plate 7824BZ.

One of the three brothers was hospitalized after the encounter, while the other two were treated and released, Kentucky state police said.

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Marshall, 49, was serving a 50-year sentence for dealing cocaine, said Nick Zellers, a spokesman for the Indiana prison. Sargent, 59, was serving a 50-year term on robbery and criminal confinement charges, and Cockerell, 31, was serving a 20-year term for burglary, Zellers said in a statement.

Marshall and Sargent had been working in the welding shop, Zellers said. The convicts attacked a maintenance worker at the prison before breaking out, he said earlier this week. They then used pliers to cut a perimeter fence, the Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper reported Wednesday.

The U.S. Marshal Office is also involved in the investigation. Huffman said authorities did not have any new leads Wednesday.

Huffman said the three convicts are considered to be armed and dangerous. If they are seen, he said, citizens should not try to apprehend them, but should contact local authorities.

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(CNN) -- Three inmates who escaped from prison in Indiana last week then allegedly stole a truck, money and guns were captured Thursday in Nebraska after a high-speed car chase, authorities said.

Nebraska State Patrol spokesman Mike Meyer said officers apprehended Christopher Marshall, Jerry Sargent and Bobby Cockerell in Alliance, Nebraska, after a nearly 60-mile chase with speeds reaching up to 100 mph.

According to Meyer, law enforcement officers tried twice to spike the tires of the minivan the men were traveling in.

They succeeded on the second try about five miles east of Alliance, but the suspects kept driving on flat tires until they were inside the city limits.

The men started running when the vehicle stopped. Two were caught, but the third tried to carjack a vehicle at gunpoint before being arrested by an Alliance Police officer, according to Meyer. It is not yet known which escapee tried to take the vehicle at gunpoint.

No shots were fired and no one was seriously injured, Meyer said.

The three men broke out of the Branchville Correctional Facility near Tell City, Indiana, last week, authorities said. Tell City is about 80 miles west of Louisville, Kentucky.

Police believe the three stole guns during a home-invasion robbery in Sanders, Kentucky, earlier this week.

New arrest warrants charge them with possessing stolen firearms as well as felony possession of firearms, said George Huffman, spokesman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Because they were convicted of violent crimes, he said, they are not allowed to possess firearms at all.

Police suspect the three of stealing a truck from a town near the prison and robbing three brothers in Sanders, about 65 miles east of Louisville, early Monday. The brothers were attacked, bound and held in their home for about an hour and a half while their assailants made off with guns and money, according to the Kentucky State Police.

One of the three brothers was hospitalized after the attack, while the other two were treated and released.

[Kentucky]

Ind. prosecutor of escapee questions handling
The Courier-Journal • March 27, 2009
www.courier-journal.com/article/20090327/NEWS02/90327031

Clark County Prosecutor Steve Stewart blasted the Indiana Department of Correction today for its handling of a prison escapee who was caught with two fellow escapees in Nebraska after nearly a week on the run.

Stewart, who helped prosecute Jerry Lee Sargent in 1988 in an armed robbery, criminal confinement and habitual offender case that resulted in a 70-year prison sentence, said prison officials should have consulted him as prosecutor before moving Sargent from a maximum-security prison to the medium-security Branchville Correctional Facility.

Stewart also said prison officials declined to verify the escape when he called Branchville to inquire following news reports about the breakout. Alerting key authorities in the path of a violent escapee should have been a top priority, he said.

“On both fronts, I think somebody dropped the ball,” Stewart said.

But state prison spokesman Doug Garrison said Sargent was “classified appropriately.”

As far as being alerted about the escape, Garrison said the state relies on an automatic notification system for which Stewart could have signed up.

Sargent, 59, of Dry Ridge, Ky., and two other Branchville inmates, Christopher Marshall, 49, of Monon, Ind., and Bobby Cockerell, 31, of Jeffersonville, Ind., escaped from the Perry County prison on March 20 after attacking a maintenance worker and cutting through a fence. They were recaptured Thursday in Alliance, Neb., after a high-speed chase.

Stewart said he plans to take his concerns to the Indiana Prosecuting Attorney’s Council and to ask legislators to tighten procedures for incarcerating violent offenders.

He said Sargent’s record showed that he exhausted a years-long appeal of his conviction last summer and knew he wouldn’t be released until 2023. Given his violent history, he should have been restricted to a maximum-security setting, the prosecutor said.

“I’ve been doing this for 30 years. I can only think of a handful of criminals I would consider more dangerous than him,” Stewart said.

According to Garrison, Sargent had escaped from the Kentucky State Reformatory in LaGrange three decades ago, but that wasn’t part of his history with Indiana. A classification change allowing him to move to a less-secure setting is prohibited for an escape or escape attempt within the previous four years, which Garrison said wasn’t the case with Sargent in Indiana.

But Sargent met two key criteria – being within 15 years of release and having a clean conduct record, Garrison said, and was transferred last year. He said he couldn’t explain why someone at Branchville wouldn’t tell Stewart about the escape because the notice had been released to the media.

The men were being taken today to a federal lockup in Omaha, Garrison said.

Because federal authorities have the option to charge the men there, it’s not clear if and when they will be returned to Indiana, he said.

[2centsWorth]

Prosecutor criticizes Ind. over inmate's handling

Associated Press

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. -- A southern Indiana prosecutor says one of the most dangerous inmates he ever prosecuted should never have been moved to a medium-security facility from which he and two others escaped and later attacked three Kentucky men.

Clark County Prosecutor Steve Stewart said Friday that state Department of Correction officials should have consulted him before moving Jerry Sargent from a maximum security prison to the Branchville Correctional Facility about 50 miles west of Louisville, Ky.

Sargent, 59, and the other escaped inmates were caught in the Nebraska Sandhills on Thursday after nearly a week on the run during which police say stole guns and a truck in the Kentucky attack.

A spokesman for the state prison agency says Sargent was "classified appropriately" because he had a clean conduct record.

Stewart helped prosecute Sargent in 1988 on charges of armed robbery, criminal confinement and being a habitual offender that resulted in a 70-year prison sentence.

"I've been doing this for 30 years," Stewart said. "I can only think of a handful of criminals I would consider more dangerous than him."

Stewart said Sargent knew he wouldn't be released until 2023 after exhausting an appeal of his conviction last summer. He also said that Sargent should have been restricted to a maximum-security setting given his violent history.

"I can't really say how a rational person would make that decision," Stewart said about the transfer. "Here we have a man who in 1987 robbed a lady at gunpoint, took her hostage, drove her across the river where he repeatedly raped her and beat her over an eight-day period and dumped her."

Stewart said he plans to take his concerns to the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council and to ask state legislators to tighten procedures for imprisoning violent offenders.

State prison agency spokesman Doug Garrison said Sargent was transferred from the maximum-security Pendleton Correctional Facility last year because he was within 15 years of release and had a clean conduct record. Sargent had escaped from the Kentucky State Reformatory about 30 years ago, but that wasn't part of his Indiana prison record, Garrison said.

"We have guys that have been convicted of murders that were committed many, many years ago that have worked their way down to lower classification," Garrison said.

Sargent, 49-year-old Christopher Marshall and 31-year-old Bobby Cockerell escaped from the Branchville prison on March 20 after overpowering an employee then cutting through a fence, authorities said.

At the time of the escape, Marshall was serving 50 years for dealing cocaine and Cockerell was serving 20 years for burglary.

Authorities have said that three days after the escape, the convicts beat three brothers with clubs in the northern Kentucky town of Sanders before stealing guns and a truck.

The men were caught Thursday in Alliance, Neb., after a police chase. A Nebraska State Patrol spokesman said tire deflators were used to disable their vehicle, but the men were able to drive into Alliance, where two were immediately captured and the third ran off. The third convict was captured shortly thereafter.

Garrison said it was not clear when the three would be returned to Indiana since federal authorities have the option of charging them in Nebraska.
www.indystar.com/article/20090328/LOCAL/903280446

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JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A southern Indiana prosecutor is criticizing the state Department of Correction for allowing the transfer of an inmate to a medium security prison from which he later escaped.

Clark County Prosecutor Steve Stewart says state officials should have consulted him before moving Jerry Sargent from a maximum security prison to the Branchville Correctional Facility.

Sargent, whom Stewart helped prosecute, is one of three escaped inmates who were caught in the Nebraska Sandhills on Thursday after nearly a week on the run during which police say they beat three Kentucky men, stealing guns and a truck.

An Indiana prison spokesman says Sargent was "classified appropriately" in part because he hadn't tried to escape within the past four years.

[Mousetrap]

Three escapees transported to another jail

March 30, 2009 10:03 PM EDT

Lexington, Neb. - Three escaped Indiana inmates captured in the Nebraska Sandhills have been transferred to another jail.

The men - 49-year-old Christopher Marshall, 59-year-old Jerry Sargent and 31-year-old Bobby Cockerell - were captured Thursday evening in Alliance and taken to the county jail.

They were transferred the next day to the Dawson County Jail in Lexington, about 186 miles southeast of Alliance. A woman who answered the phone at the jail Monday said the men were still there.

The men escaped from the Branchville Correctional Facility on March 20.

[Hunted]

Nebraska court hearings set for escaped Indiana inmates

April 2, 2009 06:59 PM EDT


Omaha, NE - Proceedings are under way to determine if three escaped Indiana inmates captured in the Nebraska Sandhills can be sent back to Kentucky to face federal weapons charges.

Christopher Marshall, Jerry Sargent and Bobby Cockerell each face charges of possessing a stolen firearm and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

The men escaped from the Branchville Correctional Facility in Indiana on March 20.

Authorities say that days after escaping the medium-security facility, the men attacked three Kentucky men, stole guns and a truck.

Authorities caught up with them last week near Alliance.

Hearings are set for Tuesday in Omaha to determine if the men will be taken to Kentucky to face charges.

[Greener]

Escapee Town Hall Meeting

News Release:
From: Branchville Correctional Facility

The Branchville Correctional Facility will be conducting a town hall style meeting to address the concerns stemming from the escape of March 20, 2009. Superintendent Gil Peters will present a short narrative on the escape and then open the floor for questions/suggestions. This meeting will be open to the public.

When: Saturday, April 11th, 2009 9:00 a.m. central time.

Where: Perry Central High School
18677 Old State Road 37
Leopold, Indiana 47551

Perry Central High School is located on State Highway 37, approximately 12 miles north of Tell City, IN or approximately 9 miles south of Interstate 64.

Meeting will take place in the Cafetorium.

[BCF]

Branchville Makes Security Changes After Prisoner Escape
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PERRY CO., IN - NEWS25 learns changes are being made at the Branchville Correctional Facility after three inmates managed to escape over three weeks ago.

Bobby Cockerell, Jerry Sargent, and Christopher Marshall are being held in Nebraska where they were finally caught after a multi-state run.

A town hall style meeting was held Saturday in Perry County, where local residents voiced their concerns about the escape. NEWS25 finds out what's being done to stop this from happening again.

Indiana Officials say an extensive post incident review is underway, prompting changes in Branchville's security.

Allen Krueger is just one of many residents who stood up at today's meeting, looking for answers after three Branchville prisoners managed to escape less than a mile from his home.

"That's a little scary situation," Krueger said. "I just hope that we can work together to rectify the situation and make a better system."

Indiana Department of Correction Commissioner, Edwin G. Buss, was there today fielding questions from the crowd.

"Obviously there were concerns that some of the residents had," Buss said. "And we will address those."

Buss assured residents security changes are in the works. Buss says one change has already been made. Branchville is now considered a low medium security facility rather than medium. Meaning some higher risk prisoners will have to be moved.

"We've identified approximately 100 offenders who probably could be housed at other facilities that would be considered more medium security," Buss said.

Buss says right now these inmates are isolated from other prisoners and will be transferred sometime this week.

A high voltage fence is another consideration for the facility Buss said. Others consideration are a K-9 patrol between the prison's fences, and change in uniform color from khaki to a brighter color like yellow, so inmates stand out more.

But NEWS25 learns residents want more. A common concern today was notification when something like this happens.

"I didn't get official notification until 11 p.m. and this happened before or right around ten o'clock," Krueger said. Others today say they never got a call at all, even though they are signed up to an Alert Notification System.

"We're going to reach out to the residents and help them personally, sign them up, and then of course look at a siren based notification system as well," Buss said in response to the residence's concerns.

The change in classification is already implemented and everything else should start in the next couple weeks. Buss says it's all being paid for by the Indiana Department of Correction.

"Hopefully the changes they implement will keep it from happening again," concerned resident, Rosa Brown said.

Something Buss says is the goal.

"We will be better off not only at Branchville Correctional Facility for our response to this escape, but also throughout the Indiana Department of Correction," Buss said.

In addition to their escape charges, the escaped inmates are now facing assault and battery charges in Indiana, after sending a correctional employee to the hospital.

The three will be transported back to Kentucky to face federal charges.

Buss said the injured employee is said to be doing fine.

[BCF]

Worker Attacked By Inmates Speaks Out
Reported by: Sarah Fortune
Saturday, Apr 11, 2009 @05:28pm CST

The prison employee attacked by three escapees last month is speaking out. Michael Hubert was brutally attacked inside the Branchville Correctional Facility by three inmates with his own tools. Hubert had to be airlifted to a hospital in Louisville.

The prisoners were under Hubert's supervision as part of a maintenance program at the prison.

The faces of Christopher Marshall, Jerry Sargent and Bobby Cockerell are permanently ingrained into his memory. “It was March 20th, I remember that day very well and I always will. It was a Friday morning, the hospital kept asking me if I knew where I was at. I knew exactly where I was,”said Hubert. He remembers the inmates attacking him then leaving him for dead. “He isn't human anymore. If so, they wouldn't have beat me then tied me and gagged me like they did.”

He has 18-stitches across his head and spent a week and a half in the hospital. “After the first time I was hit with the hammer I was out of it. I don't know how many times they struck me.”

While Hubert was recovering, a massive man hunt was taking place. The inmates were captured on March 27, a week after the escape.

Now major changes to the jail are on taking place. "We've now become a minimum security facility. We may partner with the County to have sirens sound when there's an incident. We may get dogs inside the fence and better security cameras,” said Commissioner Edwin Buss with the Indiana Dept., of Correction.

Prisoners are also getting a make over. Their current tan colored jumpsuits blend in with the surrounding woods. So, a brighter yellow color is likely to be issued. The changes in clothing and policy will hopefully prevent future escapes.

“In the 20-something-years the prison has been here nothing like this has happened. We've had guards pushed or punched but never what they did to me,” said Hubert.

Thankfully, Hubert is back on his feet and the inmates are behind bars once again. He worked at the prison for 12-years and after his recovery, he plans to return to work but wants to take it slow.

Prison officials met with the public Saturday. Here, they discussed what went wrong and how to avoid future escapes.

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