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Inmate flees, Florence locks down schools

Source: Carl Holcombe, The Arizona Republic, May. 5, 2006 12:00 AM

FLORENCE - Schools were locked down for hours Thursday as authorities searched south of town for an inmate who escaped from a private prison. As of Thursday evening, he had still not been found. Christopher Breiland, 36, was discovered missing from Florence West, owned by Boca Raton, Fla.-based Geo Group Inc., at about 8 a.m., according to the state Department of Corrections. Orange prison pants and blood were found on a perimeter fence.