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Guard Stops Escape Attempt

Guard Stops Escape Attempt - Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 5:26PM EST

WAYMART, WAYNE COUNTY- An alert corrections officer stopped an escape attempt by a prisoner at SCI Waymart Thursday morning.
Prison officials say the inmate, who was not named, used a forged pass to try to leave the prison for an outside work detail. An officer recognized the inmate was not approved for the detail was refused to allow him to leave. The inmate was returned to the inner compound then placed in the prison's restrictive housing unit.

The prison was placed in lock-down for a short time and State Police units patrolled surrounding communities until it was determined the incident was an isolated case.