“They said this building is, like, escape...
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“They said this building is, like, escape proof. It’s ridiculous. You know, what I think they should really do with this place is turn it over to a chain of hotels, and build themselves a new prison.”
--Victor Age, one of five inmates who escaped from the new downtown federal Metropolitan Detention Center, allegedly with help from a guard who has since been fired.
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