During a search, New York prison guards apparently thwarted preparations for an outbreak: In a prisoner’s cell in the Manhattan Detention Center, they found 64 sheets, carefully tied together, hidden under a sink. With the improvised rope, he could have abseiled from his cell block on the eleventh floor to the street, officials said.
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The detainee is reportedly waiting to be tried for attempted murder. Now his cell has been searched behind bars as part of a smuggling investigation. Mark Peters from the New York Department of Investigation, which mainly investigates corruption cases against city employees, gave information about the action. A prison guard is also suspected in the smuggling case.
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According to the AP news agency, the detainee did not admit an attempt to escape. But the investigators see no other explanation. They demonstratively unrolled the sheets in a gym to show the length. “Fortunately, they were discovered before he had a chance to test his skills on an escape,” said Peters. “And so the city is spared from keeping the state company when it comes to escape hunting.”
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An allusion to a case that has kept New York in suspense for almost two weeks: two inmates fled in a spectacular manner from the high-security facility at Dannemora near the Canadian border. You are still not captured.
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