maximum security? Not sure know what that means

[Hijiri]

Enjoy (SFW) you tube clip of newscast in front of that prison those two guys escaped fr

[Hijiri]

Enjoy (SFW) you tube clip of newscast in front of that prison those two guys escaped fr

Fucking phone here is the vid http://youtu.be/HawGrbcJYUA

[Sikorsky]

That is awesome. I love the youtube commenters saying "this is normal, its how guards get supplies in the tower" uhhhh that would happen from other guards, INSIDE the prison, not some random dude outside, handing up who knows what. *IF* this is normal, thats pretty fail. "Thats like a screen door on a submarine"

[Chronoburn]

SOP

[Swish]

I'm sure it was just things like decks of cards, books and maybe a chess set to help pass the time.

[dafier]

Perfect timing by the escapees. Summer time, beautiful weather. The forest has plenty to offer.

Guards are relaxing....

Couple RMT transactions going on. Who's going to care?

[HalflingWarrior]

Yea I live like 3 or so hours in the vicinity of this shithole

At this point, the police / FBI have literally no idea where they are. First they went north to Canada immediately after escape, then they were holed up in the prison town, then they were in Vermont, then they were back in Upstate NY. Now, supposedly, they're still holed up somewhere in the Adirondack mountains where as state police say "every cabin in the north country contains a shotgun if not multiple firearms."

[katrik]

Is it bad I'm kind of rooting for these two blokes?

[Furniture]

Take it for what its worth, but some youtube commentor on that video wrote

"That is not only the way keys are passed to the tower officer but that is also the way their lunch is sent to them. No inmates are allowed on the walls."

Whether thats true or not who knows

[Furniture]

"Someone sees something that they know nothing about and then tells their version of it as if it were the truth, when in fact they are just trying to start an off the wall conspiracy theory. This is how officers in the pickets (towers) get supplies, lunch, keys, paperwork or anything else they may need in the performance of their duties. The rope is let down on the OUTSIDE of the perimeter because the convicts are on the INSIDE. Only things that used inside the perimeter that convicts could possibly come in contact with are sent through the sallyport to be cleared. In all likelihood the officer in that picket (tower) was being served lunch. He/she was NOT being sent "contraband" as a lot of idiots are trying to claim. "

"ACTUALLY IT'S CALLED A TOWER DROP. THATS HOW GUARDS GET FOOD AND SUPPLIES WHILE IN THE TOWERS. AND ALSO HOW THEY LOWER KEYS TO THEIR RELIEF AT SHIFT CHANGE. I HAVE AN UNCLE WHO WORKS AT A NYS PRISON AND IT'S COMMON PRACTICE"

"DING! DING!: This is how they get the rifles up to the watch/gun towers, similar to what you see in the middle of the wall (upper left of picture). The also make food and necessities deliveries the same way. The guns are switched out at every change of shift. They would never transport them inside the prison. By the way, it's done this way at other prisons as well. They've been taking care of watchtowers this way since before the days of the Roman Empire. It may seem primitive, but this ancient system still works quite well. Your title is a lie, because it's not contraband, moron."



Not saying this is the truth, i dont think it is possible to know for sure, but just showing that the video could very well in fact mean nothing at all

[HalflingWarrior]

Even if you ARE right, don't you see the problem? You could put anything in the fucking bag you send up there.

[HalflingWarrior]

Oh and just for reference, the Adirondack National Park is actually the largest national park in the continental US. It's larger than Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Glacier and Smoky Mountain national parks COMBINED.

Extremely harsh up there in the winter, but in summer you couldn't ask for a better place to hide as escaped fugitives. There's literally thousands of hunting and vacation cabins up there most of which are only occupied a couple weeks a year; and the owners mostly leave stuff like guns, ammo, canned foods, fire starter logs, bottled water, lighter fluid, camping supplies (you name it) in the empty cabins all year round.

Basically anything/everything a fugitive on the lam could ever need. Fun fact: Also a perfect place to retreat when the zombie apocalypse arrives!!!

[Furniture]

Even if you ARE right, don't you see the problem? You could put anything in the fucking bag you send up there.

Thats true. I think contraband smuggling by prison employees has been a problem for a long time and can be done by a variety of different methods and not just this one. The only surefire way to prevent prison employees from smuggling anything into the prison is really a body cavity search on each person entering the prison which would probably deter anyone from working there from embarrassment of having your asshole searched every day by your colleagues.

I don't think there is any easy solution to the problem and will probably stay that way until North Korea takes over the world and everyone's assholes can be searched by The Supreme Leader himself.

[Sikorsky]

Regardless if this is SOP, that is not the point. The point is, this is a maximum security facility and this "security" is completely bypassed by this "SOP".

This is like having a "tower drop" at an international airport, but instead some dude throwing whatever over the fence and someone else then taking it into the secure area. It completely bypasses any security that was put in place.

[apio]

It's hard to believe that those people claiming this is how things work aren't all drug smuggling tower guards trying desperately to cover this up.

[Hijiri]

It's hard to believe that those people claiming this is how things work aren't all drug smuggling tower guards trying desperately to cover this up.

Ding