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Officials at the Lieber Correctional Institution in Ridgeville, South Carolina say that a prisoner escaped by using wire cutters flown in by a drone:
A fugitive South Carolina inmate recaptured in Texas this week had chopped his way through a prison fence using wire cutters apparently dropped by a drone, prison officials said Friday. Jimmy Causey, 46, fled the Lieber Correctional Institution in Ridgeville, S.C., on the evening of July 4th after leaving a paper mache doll in his bed to fool guards into thinking he was asleep. He was not discovered missing until Wednesday afternoon.
[...] The director said he and other officials have sought federal help for years to combat the use of drones to drop contraband into prison. "It's a simple fix," Stirling said. "Allow us to block the signal. Allow us to stop them to have unfettered access ... They are physically incarcerated, but they are not virtually incarcerated." "As long as they have access to cellphones, this is just going to keep on happening and happening and happening," he said, The Post and Courier reported.
Also at LA Times and The Washington Post.
(Score: 4, Funny) by wonkey_monkey on Saturday July 08 2017, @08:34PM (1 child)
I think the real problem is the unfettered access that prisoners have to papier maché.
Hmm, yes, simple you say.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 09 2017, @12:43AM
"Officers found a semi-automatic handgun, shotgun, ammo, four cell phones and $47,000 in cash on Causey, who also carried a South Carolina ID." If only they were allowed to block the signal!