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Security Breaches at Private Prison Cited in Escape

By Lisa HolewaAug 21st 2010 – 2:15PM
Mohave County Sheriff's Office / AP

Mohave County Sheriff's Office / AP

(Aug. 21) -- Just how lax was security at the privately run prison in Kingman, Ariz., where three inmates escaped and precipitated a three-week, multimillion-dollar manhunt through at least six states? The Arizona Department of Corrections inspected the prison after the brazen July 30 escape to get an idea. Among its...

Two Arizona Inmates Still At Large Following Escape

By Lisa FlamAug 2nd 2010 – 2:46PM
Mohave County Sheriff's Office / AP

Mohave County Sheriff's Office / AP

(Aug. 2) -- Authorities were searching today for two of three convicted murderers who escaped from an Arizona prison as the head of the state corrections department said lax security may be to blame. The three inmates escaped Friday night from the private Arizona State Prison in Golden Valley, authorities said. They fled...

2 Arizona Inmates Still at Large; 1 Caught in Colorado

Jul 31st 2010 – 6:10PM
Mohave County Sheriff's Office / AP

Mohave County Sheriff's Office / AP

PHOENIX (Aug. 2) -- Arizona authorities pressed forward with their search of the state Monday for two fugitives, as corrections officials looked into whether shoddy security allowed the inmates to cut a hole in a fence and slip away undetected. One of the three convicted murderers who fled a private prison Friday evening...

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Background on Kingman

Kingman (Huwaalyapay Nyava in the Mojave language) is a city in Mohave County, Arizona, and is also the county seat.

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