Aug. 21) — Just how lax was security at the privately run prison in Kingman, Ariz., where three inmates escaped and precipitated a three-week, multimillion-dollar manhunt through at least six states?
The Arizona Department of Corrections inspected the prison after the brazen July 30 escape to get an idea. Among its findings:
• Alarms went off so frequently for no apparent reason that responding to them was a lower priority for guards than “answering the telephone, issuing keys, checking staff in.”
• The prison perimeter was often unmanned during predictable shift changes.
• More than 80 percent of the staff was new or newly promoted, and many of them lacked training in procedures and struggled to even load and unload weapons during a security review.
• An outside dormitory door was left open so frequently that a rock was left nearby, apparently to prop it open.
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