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Inmate Locks Guards in Cell During Jail Search
Associated Press
October 25, 2010
PARAGOULD, Ark. (AP) – An inmate locked three guards and a sheriff’s deputy in a cell at the Greene County Jail while the officers were conducting a search for contraband. Sheriff Dan Langston chalked it up to a lack of training.
The Paragould Daily Press reported that the incident happened on Oct. 10, when inmate Jacob Rodden ran out of the cell, shut the door and inserted the security pin, confining the officers inside with some of the inmates they were searching.
Rodden, who then locked himself in a visitation booth, was placed in indefinite lockdown.
The four officers were rescued by a jail matron, without incident.
Langston said the jail is outdated and has tremendous employee turnover. The sheriff says the officers won’t be disciplined.
Information from: Paragould Daily Press, http://www.paragoulddailypress.com/
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harsan
over 2 years ago
22 Comments
These guys are never going to live this one down.
revCCBeasley
over 2 years ago
2944 Comments
Training...How em.....
SOARTMAR
over 2 years ago
444 Comments
This is whats known as on-the-job-training! Learn by doing, yessiree. Bet they don't do that again!!
rlaw865
over 2 years ago
30 Comments
Thats funny and I am glad no one got hurt. I do work in a corrections area . We do have a officer watching the inmates when the are brought out.
inspectorgadget7389
over 2 years ago
108 Comments
What has an outdated jail have to do with this? Who conducts a cell search with the inmates still inside. I worked in an old county jail and standard procedure was to remove the inmates to a secure cell or holdover with an officer watching them while other staff conducted the search.
BritishCopper
over 2 years ago
20 Comments
Training? ... surely it is sheer stupidity. It doesn't take a lot of brain to realize that something like this might happen and so to plan to avoid it happening.
K9Apache
over 2 years ago
96 Comments
Why was the inmate in the cell while a search was conducted any way! That has nothing to do with the jail being "out dated". Lack of common sense as well as training are the only issue here.
Ahi
over 2 years ago
1990 Comments
glad no one was hurt
arroyol
over 2 years ago
688 Comments
wow...
grant319
over 2 years ago
1208 Comments
Just fortunately noone got hurt
TellerDep
over 2 years ago
2812 Comments
yep the embarrasement was enough, training is the key word for the day.
DonnaLynn
over 2 years ago
9340 Comments
Yeah, training is an issue. Wow, "jail matron?" Talk about needing some updating.
opso2009
over 2 years ago
6 Comments
i think theirs more to this story
Jonas
over 2 years ago
38356 Comments
How embarrassing..............
HEYSARGE
over 2 years ago
16800 Comments
Training....Training. ......Training!!!!!!! Take them out of service and train them!.....Simple