Inmates who escape their cells usually do it to fly the coop, but some have more altruistic motives.
At Parker County Jail in Weatherford, Texas a group of prisoners recently broke out of their cells to rescue a guard who’d slumped over and lost consciousness.The guard, the inmates later learned, had had a heart attack. The eight inmates who successfully left their cells banged on walls, hoping to catch other guards’ attention and get help.
The deputies initially thought the inmates were inciting a riot. After hearing the commotion they came downstairs, locked the prisoners back in their cells and called paramedics. Read more…
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