Prison Locked Down After Warden Loses Keys

[matcom]

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JACKSONVILLE, Ill. --Prisoners at the Jacksonville Correctional Center spent four days on lockdown after an assistant warden lost a set of keys. The set of about ten keys, which was still missing Friday, included a master key that opens doors to cell houses and two prison wings.

The "high minimum security" institution of 1,400 male inmates was locked down from last Friday until Monday after a search failed to turn up the keys.

"We don't believe this poses a serious threat to the safety of the facility," Illinois Department of Corrections spokesman Sergio Molina said.

The keys could have been lost between April 8 and last Friday, Molina said. They were not necessarily lost at the prison and were authorized to be taken home, he said.

The master key also provides entry to prison work camps at Greene County and Pittsfield, he said.

An assistant warden reported the keys missing last Friday. He had given the keys to another employee on April 8 because he was being temporarily reassigned to the department's headquarters, Molina said.

Both employees remained on the job. The department was investigating and disciplinary action was possible, Molina said.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/09/16/prison_locked_down_after_warden_loses_keys?mode=PF

[kick-ass-bob]

1. Arwalden lost his keys? I thought he had a mouse problem.

And what's he doing at a prison?

:shrug:

[matcom]

2. what's he doing there?

:D