Bathurst prisoners try to escape using toilet paper and toothpaste

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July 27, 2018 20:04:29

Inmates in Bathurst Prison were caught trying to free themselves by using a broken broom, toilet paper and toothpaste. An officer at the Bathurst Correctional Center in New South Wales noticed something suspicious: toilet paper and toothpaste stuck around a sandstone brick where the mortar should be

The mortar has dug They also found a broken green broom with a metal handle in the cell, located on the third floor.

In a statement issued yesterday by the Department of Justice of New South Wales. , the police officer who snuck out on the evacuation plan said that he had noticed that the holes had been grossly concealed with toilet paper stuck with toothpaste.

"A flag was also painted on the sandstone block to conceal The two inmates, aged 37 and 39, denied any knowledge of mortar damage and were" placed in isolation "during investigations

In recent decades, the prison has fled in NSW have significantly decreased, but that did not stop the detainees from trying.

Last year, there was In the years 1983-84, there were 183 escapes, most of which took place in minimum security prisons

Peter Severin, Commissioner of Corrections, said that he was a prisoner. he was proud of the officer "whose curiosity and methodical research led to the discovery of this brazen attempt to escape"

an officer who reminded detainees that such attempts were futile – particular in a medium security center – our agents are b They are well trained and know what they are doing, "said Commissioner Severin

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