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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities searched Tuesday for 2 inmates — 1 accused of killing 4 people — who were gone from a Philadelphia prison for nearly 19 hours before officials knew they were missing.
Ameen Hurst, 18, & Nasir Grant, 24, escaped from the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center around 8:30 p.m. Sunday by cutting a hole in a fence surrounding a recreation yard.
Headcounts conducted at 11 p.m. Sunday, 3 a.m. Monday & 7 a.m. Monday reportedly showed that all prisoners were accounted for, said Philadelphia Prisons Department Commissioner Blanche Carney. The facility became aware of the escaped inmates at about 3 p.m. Monday, Carney said.
“We have protocols in place & those protocols were not followed,” Carney said. “That yard should have been secured & the fence not breached.”
Mayor Jim Kenney said at a news conference Monday evening that they want to find out exactly what happened.
“Clearly the system screwed up & people didn’t do what what they’re supposed to do,” Kenney said.
Hurst was arrested in March 2021. He’s accused of shooting & killing a man on Christmas Eve 2020. The other 3 shootings happened in March 2021.
Grant was being held on conspiracy drug charges & conspiracy weapons charges. The inmates were housed in the same unit, but different cells.
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