Idaho inmate still on lam after Texas prison break
Source: Associated Press, Dec. 6, 2006, 10:04PM
An Idaho inmate who fled a private Texas prison four days ago remained at large Wednesday as authorities used helicopters and tracking dogs in the search, the Idaho Department of Correction said.
Scot Noble Payne, 43, escaped Sunday evening from the Dickens County Correctional Center, run by Florida-based Geo Group Inc. Payne, serving time for aggravated battery and lewd and lascivious conduct, is one of 463 Idaho inmates who have been shipped to Texas, Minnesota and other out-of-state facilities since last year because of crowding in Idaho.