Get Out Of Jail Free?

It's been a rough week for prison officials. It's as if somebody handed out get-out-of-jail-free cards across the country.  Convicts have escaped left and right this week. The first prison break of the week was Tuesday in Columbia, South Carolina.  A murder and a kidnapper escaped from prison by hiding in a dumpster.  Real smart thing to do, since the last convict that tried that was squashed to death at the dump.  These two were captured yesterday at a hotel in South Carolina, after a pizza delivery woman recognized one of the guys.

The second prison break of the week was in Houston.  A death row inmate escaped from a county jail wearing civilian clothes and sporting a fake ID badge.  This con just waltzed right out of the jail.  He convinced guards to let him go to an area of the jail for attorney visits, and once there he somehow changed out of his orange jumpsuit into regular street clothes. He showed a badge that said he worked for the Texas Attorney General's office, and the deputy let him walk right on out.  Oh, I forgot to mention that while he was changing from his jumpsuit to the regular clothes, he also got loose from a set of handcuffs.  As of now, the guy is still on the loose, and is supposedly going after witnesses that testfied against him at his trial.  

The third jail break of the week happened right here in the 'Ville at the jail downtown.  This escaped convict has a rap sheet two pages long, filled with drug and alcohol related charges spanning more than a decade.  He was awaiting a December court date, and was supposedly a model prisoner. He was approved to work as an inmate work aide, and was helping another inmate take garbage out to the dumpster when he simply ran off.  Did I mention that the prisoner was under supervision by a Metro Corrections officer?

So to sum this up, we've got escaped convicts running around all over the country this week, waving their get-out-of-jail-free cards.  And here I thought things were rough at work this week.  All I did was forget to schedule some things to be built - at least I didn't just stand there and let a convicted murderer walk out of jail.