Idaho inmates scale fence, escape Texas prison
Source: By JOHN MILLER, Associated Press (ID), 06/13/2006
Two Idaho inmates escaped Monday from a privately run prison in Texas, taking advantage of a disturbance in another part of the minimum- and medium-security facility to scale a perimeter fence that surrounds a recreation yard, an Idaho Department of Correction spokeswoman said. ...... This is just the latest in a string of incidents involving Idaho inmates at the prison run by Geo Group Inc., based in Boca Raton, Fla. Idaho officials have traveled repeatedly to the former county jail in Newton to scrutinize the operation.