Amazing Prison Escape In America !

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33053403

I am far from being much of a Barry Bucknell, but even I know that power tools make a lot of noise. So, how on earth did these two use noisy power tools, in the middle of the night, without someone hearing them ?

[youngmafbog]

If it wasn't two highly dangerous criminals on the loose it would be comical.

They even used the clothes under the bed trick!

Agree about the noise, but one as to wonder how they got them in the first place.

[jomifl]

My limited expereince of cutting heavy gauge steel with power tools is that it is extremely noisy, uses lots of cutting discs and produces fumes which are very characteristic. They could make a fortune selling their technology to industry.

[toalisi]

Inside help clearly but

Unlike the Hatton Garden heist which promised millions of
pounds who would help finance this escape?

[toalisi]

Ps

The prisoners in the surrounding cells all said they were 'heavy
sleepers' - classic

[mikey4444]

Apparently some builders were working in the Prison at the time and these are being questioned, as well as a female member of staff.

But the noise aspect really baffles me. I used to have a neighbour who came home at 22:30 and started drilling his walls. This didn't last very long, however, as a deputation of his close neighbors, me included, paid him a very meaningful visit !

[naomi24]

It was an inside job.

[ludwig]

// The prisoners in the surrounding cells all said they were 'heavy
sleepers' - classic //

The guards must have been as well.

[-Talbot-]

Classic inside job.... the guards were obviously part of a sleeper cell.

[Broseph]

This honestly made me chuckle which I suppose the the people around the prison aren't doing but they're probably all armed and watching their doors and windows each night for any unusual sounds but to hear of a real life prison break is amazing and what was even more amazing was the fact that right outside their cells were pipes and walkways leading to a manhole on the street.

Were the prisoners watching "Escape from Alcatraz/Prison break" shortly before this happened?

Also where did the power for these tools come from? Power tools don't come with portable battery packs as they'd drain the power in seconds and if there was power outside the cells then someone would have to have plugged it in for them which would mean either opening their food flap or making removing the plug or wire,making a hole for the wire,feeding it through a hole in the door so that the jailbreakers could reattach the wire to the power tools or so the unknown helper could reassemble the plug unless they attached the power tools to the light button or light fittings but then again who wouldn't notice a prison guard bringing in angle grinders,kanga drills etc?

Regarding the other prisoners, snitches apparently get stitches or are found dead in the shower hence the "lack" of hearing them escape tho I'm surprised that none of the other prisoners hit the alarm button in their cells to alert the guards as surely some of them would have wanted to escape too and would have been pretty *** off if told no "It's just us and the rest of you can stay here and rot"

[douglas9401]

Prisoners escape via manhole.

Police are looking into it.

[kirkcudbright]

Barry Bucknel, there's a name from the past! Haven't heard of him for years

[Broseph]

/But the noise aspect really baffles me. I used to have a neighbour who came home at 22:30 and started drilling his walls. This didn't last very long, however, as a deputation of his close neighbors, me included, paid him a very meaningful visit !/

That's not something I'd ever admit to on an open public forum Mikey4444 unless you want to be paid a very meaningful visit by the constabulary at 4am.

[Svejk]

Oh Douglas(shakes head sadly)