Nearly a whole day passed before officials noticed two men had broken out from the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center.
Nearly a whole day passed before officials noticed two men had broken out from the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Department of Prisons Commissioner Blanche Carney admitted at a news conference Monday evening.
Frank Vanore, deputy commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department, described one of the fugitives as a “very dangerous individual” and called for the public’s help in capturing the runaway. Ameen Hurst, 18, faces charges involving four homicides, includinga man who had just been released from jail on prison grounds. The other jailbreaker, 24-year-old Nasir Grant, was being held on drug and gun charges.
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