Rikers Inmate Slips Away From Guards, Climbs Fence and Disappears
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“Went out with a total of six inmates, and went back with five, and no one noticed anything wrong,’’ said the official, who requested anonymity to speak candidly about a continuing investigation. “Nobody saw it. This is simply staff negligence.”
Mr. Hill has at least six burglary arrests since 2010, the most recent on May 15, according to police records. He has served more than four years in state prison on burglary charges and was released last year, according to state prison records.
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Officials put the complex on “red alert” the highest emergency level, meaning there was evidence that an escape had occurred.
Escapes in which an inmate makes it off the island are rare. Each jail is surrounded by walls and razor wire, with electronic gates controlled by officers. The island itself is in the middle of the East River, connected to the mainland in Queens by only a narrow bridge.
“A red alert is a rarity, and it happens when you have the high likelihood of an escape,” said Mark Cranston, a former Correction Department commissioner who spent 25 years working at Rikers.
A red alert would prompt a mobilization of the Island’s special operations units, including bloodhounds, Mr. Cranston said. Officers would move immediately to seal off the perimeter.
Mr. Cranston said that he could recall only several occasions during his tenure when inmates were able to escape from the island. One inmate sneaked out by holding on to the bottom of a bus that left the island; another was able to escape in a garbage truck, he said.
It would be almost impossible for an inmate to swim for the mainland because of the strong currents in the East River, Mr. Cranston said.
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Pence praises Trump’s ‘candor’ about disappointment with Sessions
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Vice President Pence on Wednesday defended President Trump’s attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions
Jeff SessionsGOP senator warns Trump: Panel won’t take up attorney general nominee this year Trump discussing attorney general recess appointment with advisers: report Scaramucci promises more ‘dramatic steps’ on ousting White House leakers MORE, saying that they show the president’s “candor” and reassure other Cabinet officials that they’ll always know where Trump stands.
“One of the great things about this president is you always know you stand,” Pence told Fox News’ Tucker Carlson. “And I think what the American people like about this president is he speaks candidly, he speaks openly.”
I think one of the president’s virtues is his candor,” he said. “There’s no attempt to hide his feelings. His expressed disappointment here is very sincere and he’s said ‘well, we’ll see what happens in the future.’ But at least the American people know and every member of the Cabinet can know that you’ll always know where you stand with President Trump.”
Trump has carried on a public feud with Sessions since last Wednesday, when he told The New York Times in an interview that Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from the law enforcement investigation into Russian election meddling was “very unfair to the president” and he would have chosen someone else to head his Justice Department had he known that Sessions would step aside from the probe.
Since then, Trump has repeatedly berated Sessions on Twitter, calling his credibility into question and referring to him at one point as “beleaguered.”
Trump’s comments have stirred speculation that he could be trying to force the attorney general to resign, though Sessions has indicated that he has no plans to do so.
The president’s affront on his own attorney general has also drawn fire from conservative members of Congress, who have urged Sessions in recent days to hold his ground in the standoff with Trump.