Rhino
03-29-2007, 09:41 AM
Great Escape Ends Just Six Feet From Freedom
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
It was almost a prison break.
Michigan Department of Corrections officials confirmed Tuesday inmates had managed to dig a tunnel out of the prison, but the plan was foiled before the inmates could carve out the final six feet to freedom, the Sault Ste. Marie Evening News reported.
Officials discovered the tunnel Saturday during a cellblock shakedown and were stunned to discover it led nearly 30 feet outside the building and well beyond the prison's perimeter fence.
“They had not dug the ‘up' part of the tunnel,'” said Russ Marlin, a corrections department spokesman on Tuesday, who didn't hide his admiration for the plan.....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,262160,00.html
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
It was almost a prison break.
Michigan Department of Corrections officials confirmed Tuesday inmates had managed to dig a tunnel out of the prison, but the plan was foiled before the inmates could carve out the final six feet to freedom, the Sault Ste. Marie Evening News reported.
Officials discovered the tunnel Saturday during a cellblock shakedown and were stunned to discover it led nearly 30 feet outside the building and well beyond the prison's perimeter fence.
“They had not dug the ‘up' part of the tunnel,'” said Russ Marlin, a corrections department spokesman on Tuesday, who didn't hide his admiration for the plan.....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,262160,00.html