High profile inmate escapes from Rumbek prison
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By Manyang Mayom
March 23, 2011 (RUMBEK) – A man arrested for masterminding the clashes
of December last year between the Thiyic and Gony sections of the
Dinka tribe managed to escape from Lakes state main correctional
prison services on Monday night.
Rumbek main prison Lt-Col Khamis Angui.jpg Rumbek main prison Lt-Col
Khamis Angui (ST) Angui-alou Madit Maluac was sentenced to jail for
having masterminded tribal violence last year. He was also convicted
of killing of a man in the same clashes.
Despite, what officials describe as, tight security around Rumbek’s
main correctional prison, Madit managed to escape at 1:00pm. Six other
inmates who were also trying to escape were captured by prison guards.
According to the acting director of Rumbek prison Lieutenant Colonel
Khamis Angui Dhuor, Madit had managed to escape after he cut the
window of the cell’s bathroom.
Dhuor explained that the man escaped from the prison before the
security guards were aware of the brake out. The rest of the prisoners
were seen by prison warders who opened fire on them inside the prison.
The prison head said that, two official prison guards had been
arrested and were accused of facilitating Madit’s escape by giving the
prisoners a metal saw. The official prison guards accused included
Arop Thawat Malual who brought metal saw to prisoners and Gai Malual
Manyiel, one of prison warders who gave the metal saw to the escapee
on the night.
Dhuor said that two people are now held in the custody so that they
can both explain their actions in court.
He stressed that the two people involved in the process must have been
bribed by the parents of the accused to plan Madit’s escape but now
they must face the consequences.
Dhuor warned that lives of prisoners have been jeopardized because the
prison administration no longer allows food from outside to be given
to the prisoners. He said that as bringing food from outside the
prison had been used in planning the escape, the practice had been
stopped.
He said that his administration will put an electric wire fence all
over the wall to avoid further escape attempts.
(ST)
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