20 Inmates Caught Attempting a Jailbreak
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Twenty inmates in the Merced County Adult Correctional Facility made a break for it on Memorial Day.
The department called for a lockdown of the entire facility until the inmates were found in a dorm, trying to break a hole in a back door.
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